The Great Naval Game

The Great Naval Game

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780521114615
Untertitel:
Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire
Autor:
Jan Ruger, Jan Rger
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
354
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.04.2009
ISBN:
0521114616

An innovative study of the cult of the navy in the age of empire.

Autorentext
Jan Rüger teaches history at Birkbeck College, University of London. In 2002-3, he was a visiting fellow at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University.

Klappentext
An innovative study of the cult of the navy in the age of empire.

Zusammenfassung
This book explores the cult of the navy: the ways in which the navy and the sea were celebrated in fleet reviews, naval visits and ship launches during the age of empire. By focusing on this naval theatre, Jan Rüger offers a fascinating new history of the Anglo-German antagonism.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. The rise of the naval theatre; 2. Culture, politics and the mass market; 3. Bread and circuses; 4. Nation, navy and the sea; 5. The Anglo-German theatre; Epilogue: No more parades; Bibliography.


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