Navies in northern waters, 1721-2000 / / editors, Rolf Hobson, Tom Kristiansen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960813403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Frank Cass, 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-76952-4; 1-135-76953-2; 1-280-06205-3; 9786610062058; 0-203-00586-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Collana: Cass series--naval policy and history ; ; 26
• Altri autori (Persone): HobsonRolf; KristiansenTom
• Disciplina: 359.00903
• Soggetti: Naval art and science - Europe, Northern - History - 18th century; Naval art and science - Europe, Northern - History - 19th century; Naval art and science - Europe, Northern - History - 20th century; Naval history, Modern - 18th century; Naval history, Modern - 19th century; Naval history, Modern - 20th century; Europe, Northern History, Naval 18th century Congresses; Europe, Northern History, Naval 19th century Congresses; Europe, Northern History, Naval 20th century Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This book is the result of a workshop organised by the Norwegian Institute or Defence Studies in Oslo on 9-10 August 2001."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Great Britain and Maritime Law from the Declaration of Paris to the Era of Total War; The Long Life of Treaties: The Dutch Republic and Great Britain in the Eighteenth Century; Denmark Norway 1720 1807: Neutral Principles and Practice; Navies and Power Struggle in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1721 1814; Prussia, Germany and Maritime Law from Armed Neutrality to Unlimited Submarine Warfare, 1780 1917; The Jeune cole: The Strategy of the ; Weak; The US Navy and the 'Freedom of the Seas', 1775 1917The Interwar Years: Naval Disarmament, Collective Security and Preparations for War; Naval Armaments Diplomacy in Northern Waters: The Origins of the Anglo-Scandinavian Naval Agreement of 21 December 1938; The Superpowers and Secondary Navies in Northern Waters during the Cold War; Major Coastal State Small Naval Power: Norway's Cold War Policy and Strategy; Coastal Power: The Sea Power of the Coastal State and the Management of Maritime Resources; The Role of Naval Forces in Northern Waters at the Beginning of a New Century; Concluding RemarksNotes on Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Navies in Northern Waters is a collection of articles covering the roles played by the secondary navies of northern European powers and the United States within the maritime balance of power. The contributions covering the 18th and 19th centuries focus on their relations with each other as they sought to create a counterweight to the dominant naval power of Britain. The inter-war years are treated from the perspectives of international disarmament efforts within the framework of collective security, and the subsequent naval rivalry in the Baltic area in the years leading up to

Understanding use : objects in museums of science and technology / / edited by Tim Boon, Elizabeth Haines, Arnaud Dubois, and Klaus Staubermann ; managing editor, Kristin Frederick-Frost, Smithsonian Institution

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910867296303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: 2024
• Disciplina: 507.4
• Soggetti: Industrial museums; Science museums; Technology - History; Science - History; Tools - Collection and preservation; Museum exhibits
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: How does that work? : the audio-visual documentation of craft practice by the Competence Centre for Crafts and Technology in the LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen and the context of its use / Lisa Maubach.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume proposes a way of thinking, and of developing practice, around three varieties of the use of science and technology museum objects: first, the ways that machines, instruments and equipment were used in their pre-museum 'lives' (which use provides the most frequent reason for their acquisition); second, the ways in which museum staff employ objects in their 'museum lives', when they are members of collections. Thirdly there is also the possibility of reconceptualizing museum visitors as users of collections and displays, in which guise visitors would also have something in common with the objects' original users and also with the curators of the middle category. We suggest that thinking of museum objects in these ways, in terms of use, could constitute a coherent approach to doing museum work that would enrich the wider project of science and technology museums"--