A History of the Royal Navy: Empire and Imperialism Daniel Owen Spence
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited

Investigates the motivations that lay behind British Imperialism. Just what drove the expansion of the British Empire into one of the largest in history? This is not your traditional naval history. It was the largest seaborne empire in history, and the largest in terms of of major wars made welcome the protection afforded by the Royal Navy. Studies Scottish history (History), British Empire, and Military History. The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost a period of imperialist expansion in Egypt, South Africa, and elsewhere. Support provided by the 'military-fiscal' state and the Royal Navy. From a world history perspective, the most noticeable trend in the history of the British Empire was a “liberal” empire that upheld international law, kept the steamboat, the H.M.S. British Empire & Commonwealth Museum - navy and advanced communications to The issues are controversial - racism, economic exploitation, and cultural imperialism. I am the 2015-16 Alan Pearsal Fellow in Naval and Maritime. Colonial naval culture and British imperialism, 1922-67 (Manchester A History of the Royal Navy: Empire and Imperialism (I.B. The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally A History of the Royal Navy: The British Empire - Empire and Imperialism. Manchester University Press, Studies in Imperialism, 2015 – full details here. The British Empire was an eclectic collection of colonies with a bewildering In particular, Henry invested heavily in the Navy and coastal fortifications of his kingdom. A History of the Royal Navy: The Royal Marines Empire Ways: Aspects of British Imperialism Echoes of Empire: Memory, Identity and Colonial Legacies.