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A Maritime History of Scotland 1650-1790

Eric J. Graham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2002
Tuckwell Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86232-100-7 (ISBN)

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This text traces the development of the Scottish marine and its institutions during the highly turbulent and formative period 1650-1790, when state intervention and warefare at sea in the pursuit of mercantilist goals largely determined, intentionally and otherwise, the course of events. The book charts Scotland's frustrated attempts to join England in the Atlantic economy and so secure her prosperity - an often bitter relationship that culminated in the Darien Disaster. In the years that followed, maritime affairs were at the heart of the schism that propelled the move to embrace the full incorporating Act of Union of 1707. After 1707 Scottish maritime aspirations flourished under the protection of the British Navigation acts and the windfalls of endemic warfare at sea. The impact of major events, domestic and international, on Scottish maritime affairs has been place in context of the changes of the prevailing system. Warfare has particular relevance as the isolated location of many Scottish ports and sea areas actively encouraged enemy shipping to penetrate deep into Scottish home waters.

The national and regional experience has, therefore, been set in "war and peace" apsects covering three periods: 1651-1755, 1756-75 and 1776-91, each a distinct phase in Scotland's participation in the evolving mercantilist trading system when a major war provided the principal catalyst for change.

Eric Graham is a historical researcher and writer. He is a founding member of the Early Scottish Maritime History Exchange (ESME) and an Honorary Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Scottish Centre for the Diaspora, University of Edinburgh. He has published widely on Scottish maritime history and lives in Edinburgh.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.6.2002
Zusatzinfo	b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 234 mm
Gewicht	985 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-86232-100-0 / 1862321000
ISBN-13	978-1-86232-100-7 / 9781862321007
Zustand	Neuware