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Adie, W.A.C. Oil, Politics, and Seapower: The Indian Ocean Vortex. New York: National Strategy Information Center, 1975, 97 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); imperialism; Indian Ocean; oil ; propulsion ; sea power;
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20th century, twentieth, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, oil , propulsion , sea power
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Agius, Dionisius A. Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean. Leiden: Brill, 2007, xix, 505 pp. 3 related volumes.
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coastal vessel; Indian Ocean; Middle Ages (400-1399); Middle East; nautical archaeology; ship;
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coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , middle ages (400-1399), Middle East, Indian Ocean, ship, boat, vessel, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report
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Agius, Dionisius A. In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman. Reading: Ithaca, 2002, xx, 253 pp.
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Indian Ocean, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Middle East, ship, boat, vessel, commerce, trade, business
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Agius, Dionisius A. Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: The People of the Dhow. London: Kegan Paul, 2005, 285 pp.
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commerce, trade, business, Middle East, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , ship, boat, vessel, Indian Ocean
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Al-Omery, Omer Saleh. "The Resident in the Gulf: British Power in Transition, 1858-1872." Ph.D. diss, Essex, 1989, 319 pp. (DAI 51/01, p. 268).
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19th C. (1800-1899); colonialism; diplomacy; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Middle East; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, colonialism, colony, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean, Middle East, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Alam, Muzaffar & Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007, xvi, 399 pp. Erudite & engaging.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; exploration; Indian Ocean; Middle East; voyage;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Indian Ocean, voyage, Middle East, age of sail
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Alder, Garry John. "Britain and the Defence of India: The Origins of the Problem, 1798-1815." J Asian His, 6 (1972): 14-44. British frontier expanded, requiring strategic defense, e.g,, in Afghanistan; first Oriental ambitions of Napoleon a possible threat, then, actual threat from Russia, i.e., the Great Game.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-French; Anglo-Russian; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Napoleon; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Indian Ocean, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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Alder, Garry John. British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-1895: A Study in Imperial Policy. Imperial Studies Series, # 25. London: Longman, 1963, 1964, xiv, 392 pp. For Royal Commonwealth Society; routine: interference, intervention, defense, mostly from Russia; "Great Game" not in index.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; association; expansion; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Indian Ocean
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Alder, Garry John. "Standing Alone: William Moorcroft Plays the Great Game, 1808-1825." IHR, 2 (1980): 172-215.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; diplomacy; Great Game; Imperial Defence; Indian Ocean;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Indian Ocean, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire
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Aldrich, Richard James. "American Intelligence and the British Raj: The OSS, the SSU and India, 1942-1947." Intell & Nat Sec, 13 (Spring 1998): 132-64. Role of American intelligence within India; issue of "empire;" OSS & British secret service increasingly competitive.
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Anglo-American; diplomacy; imperialism; Indian Ocean; intelligence; World War II;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , Indian Ocean, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , world war 2, second world war
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Alquasimi, S.M. "'Arab 'Piracy' and the East India Company Encroachment in the Gulf, 1797-1820." Ph.D. diss, Exeter, 1985.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); East India Company; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Middle East; piracy; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , Indian Ocean, Middle East, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah, ed. Francois Valentijn's Description of Ceylon. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, vol. 149. London: HS, 1978, xvi, 395 pp. For Hakluyt Society.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Hakluyt Society publication; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
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18th century, eighteenth, Indian Ocean, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Hakluyt Society publication
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. Maritime Commerce and English Power: Southeast India, 1750-1800. South Asian Publications Series, # 11. Aldershot: Variorum; New Delhi: Sterling, 1996, vii, 326 pp. East India Company transformed, trading enterprise to territorial power.
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18th C. (1700-1799); East India Company; expansion; imperialism; Indian Ocean; trade;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. Merchants, Companies and Commerce on the Coromandel Coast, 1650-1740. Delhi: Oxford UP, 1986, x, 407 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); East India Company; enterprise; expansion; Indian Ocean; merchant marine; trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, merchant marine
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. "Recent Trends in the Historiography of the Indian Ocean, 1500 to 1800." J World History, 1 (Fall 1990): 225-48.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); East India Company; historian; Indian Ocean;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , Indian Ocean, historian, history, historical
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. "The Dutch East India Company and Its Coromandel Trade, 1700-1740." See O. Prakash, European Commercial Expansion, pp. 129-50.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Dutch; East India Company; expansion; Indian Ocean; trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, East India Company, charter company, Raj , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. "The Eastward Trade of India in the Eighteenth Century." See R. Mukherjee, Politics & Trade, pp. 210-26.
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18th C. (1700-1799); East India Company; expansion; Indian Ocean; trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, East India Company, charter company, Raj , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, Indian Ocean
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Ashton, Eliyahu. "Spice Prices in the Near East in the Fifteenth Century." See M. Pearson, Spices in the Indian Ocean World, pp. 69-84.
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15th century, fifteenth, commerce, trade, business, Indian Ocean, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Bali, Anila. "The Russo-Afghan Boundary Demarkation, 1884-1895: Britain and the Russian Threat to the Security of India." 2 vols. D.Phil. diss, Ulster, 1985, 616 pp. (DAI 51/09, p. 3186).
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Russian; Great Game; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Indian Ocean;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Indian Ocean, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, Great Game, competition over Central Asia, Russia, England, Britain, British Empire, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire
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Ballard, George Alexander. "Early European Rivalry in the Indian Ocean." MM, 14 (April 1928): 113-14. Respons to critique by Lt. C.R. Boxer, later a great historian.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Dutch; Anglo-French; expansion; imperialism; Indian Ocean; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , Indian Ocean, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Royal Navy, Britain, England
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |