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Abadi, Jacob. Britain's Withdrawal from the Middle East, 1947-1971: The Economic and Strategic Imperatives. Kingston Press Series. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1982, 1983, xvii, 283 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; impressment; Middle East; strategy;
Keywords:
Middle East, strategy, economics, economic policy, 20th century, twentieth, impressment
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Adamson, Hans Christian & Klem, Per. Blood on the Midnight Sun. New York: Norton, 1964, 282 pp. Norwegian campaign; removal of gold reserves to UK.
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , economics, economic policy, invasion, armada, landing , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , world war 2, second world war
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Adelson, Roger. London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994, 1995, xii, 244 pp. 72 illustrations; term first used by Mahan; emphasis on decision-making process, especially those of Balfour, Lloyd George, Churchill, Kitchener & Landsdown; issues: Baghdad Railway, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Dardanelles, secret diplomacy, Balfour Declaration, Lawrence of Arabia & "Empire on the Cheap."
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Gallipoli; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Middle East; oil ; personality;
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20th century, twentieth, Middle East, oil , economics, economic policy, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
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Agar, Augustus. Footsteps in the Sea. London: Evans, 1959, 336 pp. Memoir, 1st & 2nd World Wars; secret operations in Baltic in 1st; shipped gold reserves of Britain to U.S. in 2nd.
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Anglo-German; Anglo-Russian; Baltic; economics; intelligence; memoir; World War I; World War II;
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Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , economics, economic policy, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Ailes, Mary Elizabeth. "Ships, Sailors, and Mediators: England's Naval Aid to Sweden, 1658-1659." Historian, 67 (Summer 2005): 275-98. Transformation of naval forces in early modern era; English provided professional & monetary assistance to Sweden to stabilize Baltic trade.
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17th century, seventeenth, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , economics, economic policy, education, educate, training, train, teaching, teach, schooling, school, learning, learn
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Allen, Madelene Ferguson & Scadden, Ken. The General Grant's Gold: Shipwreck and Greed in the Southern Ocean. Auckland: Exisle, 2009, 192 pp. 1866, wreck, Prickland Island; included 2576 oz. of gold.
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19th C. (1800-1899); economics; nautical archaeology; ship; wreck;
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19th century, nineteenth, economics, economic policy, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , ship, boat, vessel
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Ames, Glenn J. Colbert, Mercantilism and the French Quest for Asian Trade. DeKalb: Northern Illinois UP, 1996, xiv, 245 pp. French East India Company; scholarly; international approach.
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Anglo-French; commerce; East India Company; economics; expansion; Far East; personality; trade;
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Anglo-French, France , commerce, trade, business, East India Company, charter company, Raj , economics, economic policy, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Andersen, Svein S. The Struggle over North Sea Oil and Gas: Government Strategies in Denmark, Britain and Norway. Oslo: Scandinavian UP; Oxford: Oxford UP, 1993, viii, 204 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; exploration; North Sea; Norway; oil ; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Norway, campaign, invasion by Germany, air-land-sea operation , oil , economics, economic policy, north sea, strategy, strategic
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Anderson, Adam. An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origins of Commerce: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time: Containing an History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire. 2, 3, or 4 vols. London: Milar, 1764, 1787-1789, 1801.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); colonialism; commerce; economics; expansion; imperialism; trade;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, colonialism, colony, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , commerce, trade, business, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, economics, economic policy
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Anstey, Roger T. "The Volume and Profitability of the British Slave Trade, 1761-1807." See S. Engerman, Race & Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, pp. 3-32.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Atlantic World; economics; merchant marine; slave trade;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , merchant marine, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, economics, economic policy
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Ardehali, Ali. "The Suez Canal: Its History and Economic Development." Ph. D. diss, Clark, 1952.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Anglo-Egyptian; Anglo-French; economics; Middle East; Suez; technology; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , economics, economic policy, Middle East, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean
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Armstrong, John. "Conferences in British Nineteenth-Century Coastal Shipping." MM, 77 (February 1991): 55-65.
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19th C. (1800-1899); age of steam; coastal vessel; diplomacy; economics; trade;
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19th century, nineteenth, age of steam, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , economics, economic policy, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Armstrong, John. "Some Aspects of the Business History of the British Coasting Trade." IJ Mar Hist, 18 (December 2006): 1-15.
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age of sail; age of steam; coastal vessel; economics; historian; maritime history; trade;
Keywords:
age of sail, age of steam, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , historian, history, historical, economics, economic policy, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, maritime history, naval history
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Armstrong, John. "The Role of Short-Sea, Coastal, and Riverine Traffic in Economic Development since 1750." See D. Finamore, Maritime History as World History, pp. 115-29.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); coastal vessel; economics; maritime history; merchant marine; river; trade;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , maritime history, naval history , merchant marine, river, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, economics, economic policy
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Armytage, Frances. The Free Port System in the British West Indies: A Study of Commercial Policy, 1766-1822. London: Longman, 1953, viii, 178 pp. For Royal Empire Society; system, 1808-1822.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Colonial America; economics; expansion; port; trade;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, economics, economic policy, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Arnold, Anthony John. "'Riches beyond the Dreams of Avarice?': Commercial Returns on British Warship Construction, 1889-1914." EcHR, 2 ser, 54 (2001): 267-89.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; architecture; commerce; economics; Royal Navy; shipbuilding; World War I;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, world war 1, first world war
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Arnold, Anthony John. "The Great War, Government Policy and Financial Returns in the Liner Trade." J Trans Hist, 3 ser, 18 (March 1997): 16-30.
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Admiralty; age of steam; commerce; economics; liner; trade; World War I;
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age of steam, commerce, trade, business, economics, economic policy, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, liner, passenger liner, steamship , world war 1, first world war, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Ashton, R. "The Disbursing of Official Funds under the Early Stuarts: The Cases of Sir William Russell and Philip Burlamachi." BIHR, 30 (1957): 162-74. Treasurer of the Navy.
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, economics, economic policy, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Ashton, S.R. & Louis, William Roger, eds. East of Suez and the Commonwealth, 1964-1971. 3 vols. I: East of Suez. II: Europe, Rhodesia, Commonwealth. III: Dependent Territories, African Economies, Race. London: HMSO, 2006, 1597 pp. Collection of documents.
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; Far East; Imperial Defence; imperialism; Middle East; strategy;
Keywords:
20th century, twentieth, economics, economic policy, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, strategy, strategic, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Ashworth, William J. "'System of Terror': Samuel Bentham, Accountability and Dockyard Reform during the Napoleonic Wars." Social History, 23 (1998): 63-79. Bentham & St. Vincent.
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Admiralty; dockyard; economics; Jervis, John; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, economics, economic policy, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
| 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 |