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UNINA9910450696003321 |
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Harding Dr Richard |
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Seapower And Naval Warfare, 1650-1830 [[electronic resource]] |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Battleships |
Europe |
History |
Naval art and science |
Sea-power |
Naval Science - General |
Military & Naval Science |
Law, Politics & Government |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Maps; Preface; 1 The age of sailŽ and naval history; 2 The changing maritime world; 3 The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world; 4 The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650...88; 5 The growth of operational flexibility; 6 The Nine Years War (1688...97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13); 7 Seapower on the world stage, 1713...56; 8 The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756...63; 9 The acceleration of naval competition, 1763...89; 10 Seapower and global hegemony, 1789...1830 |
11 Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfareAppendix: the nominal strength of selected sailing navies; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index |
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From the author of ""Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century"" and ""The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815"", this book serves as a single- volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval |
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power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals. |
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UNINA9910789895403321 |
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Autore |
Topley Marjorie |
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Cantonese society in Hong Kong and Singapore / / essays by Marjorie Topley |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2011 |
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Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2011 |
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988-220-666-2 |
988-8053-65-5 |
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[1st edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (609 pages) |
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Gale eBooks |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series |
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Chinese - Singapore - Religion |
Medicine, Chinese - China - Hong Kong |
Chinese - China - Hong Kong - Economic conditions |
Chinese - China - Hong Kong - Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chinese ritual practice in Singapore -- Religious associations in Singapore and China -- Economy and society: Hong Kong and Guangdong -- Religion and society: Hong Kong and Guangdong -- Chinese and western medicine in Hong Kong. |
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The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. |
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