This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research.
Includes index.
Introduction / Miles Taylor
"Now is come a darker day": Britain, Venice and the meaning of sea power / Andrew Lambert
After emancipation: slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire / John Oldfield
Cultural, intellectual and religious networks: Britain's maritime exchanges in the 19th and 20th centuries / John Mackenzie
"We never make mistakes": the empire of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company / Crosbie Smith
Crossing the seas: problems and possibilities for Queen Victoria's Indian subjects / Judith Brown
Three weeks' post apart: British children travel the empire / Liz Buettner
Insularity and empire / Jan Rüger
The Victorian empire in its global context / Jeremy Black.
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The Victorian empire and Britain's maritime world, 1837-1901 : the sea and global history. ISBN 9780230303881. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
