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Bethencourt, Francisco & Curto, Diego Ramada, eds. Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998, 2006, 2007, xx, 536 pp. First European maritime empire.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-Portuguese; Empire; trade;
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empire, 18th century, eighteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 15th century, fifteenth, Anglo-Portuguese, Portugal
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Bin-Abood, S.M.O. "Britain's Withdrawal from the Gulf: With Particular Reference to the Emirates." Ph.D. diss, Durham, 1992. (ASLIB 45-315).
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20th century, twentieth, Middle East, empire
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Birch, Walter de Gray, ed. The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India. 4 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 1 ser, vols. 53, 55, 62 & 69. London: HS, 1774, 1875-1884. For Hakluyt Society.
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Hakluyt Society publication, empire
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Bisher, Michael Barry. "The British Empire and the Question of Egypt's Future, 1919-1922." Ph.D. diss, New York University, 1981, 190 pp. (DAI 42/12, p. 5213).
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , empire
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Black, Jeremy. The British Seaborne Empire. New Haven: Yale UP, 2004, xii, 420 pp. In traditon of Boxer & Parry, now a British version; masterful analysis; excellent & extensive bibliography, a model.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Empire; trade;
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empire, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Black, Jeremy. Trade, Empire and British Foreign Policy, 1689-1815: Politics of a Commercial State Series. New York: Routledge, 2007, 256 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); diplomacy; Empire; trade;
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18th century, eighteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 19th century, nineteenth, empire, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Blackmore, Josiah. Manifest Perdition: Shipwreck Narrative and the Disruption of Empire. Minneapolis: Minnesota UP, 2002, xxvii, 186 pp. Portuguese shipwrecks, 1600s & 1700s.
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , empire
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Blake, John William. European Beginnings in West Africa, 1454-1578: A Survey of the First Century of White Enterprise in West Africa, with Special Emphasis upon the Rivalry of the Great Powers. London: Longman, 1937, viii, 212 pp. For Royal Empire Society.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); Empire; enterprise;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , empire
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Blake, John William. Europeans in West Africa, 1450-1560. . . . the Nature and Scope of Portuguese Enterprise. . . . Castilians. . . . Early English Voyages to Barbary and Guinea. 2 vols. Publications of the Hakluyt Society, 2 ser, vols. 86 & 87. London: H.S., 1941-1942. For Hakluyt Society.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); Empire; Hakluyt Society publication;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, empire, Hakluyt Society publication
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Blansett, Lisa. "John Smith Maps Virginia: Knowledge, Rhetoric and Politics." See R. Appelbaum, Envisioning English Empire, pp. 68-91.
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cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , empire, america, United States, US, U.S., 13 colonies, thirteen
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Blanton, Dennis B. "Drought as a Factor in the Jamestown Colony, 1607-1612." Historical Archaeology, 34 (2000): 74-81.
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17th century, seventeenth, empire, Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement
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Blaxland, John C. Strategic Cousins: Australian and Canadian Expeditionary Forces and the British and American Empires. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 2006, 416 pp.
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20th century, twentieth, empire
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Blaxland, John C. "Strategic Cousins: Canada, Australia and Their Use of Expeditionary Forces from the Boer War to the War on Terror." Ph.D. diss, Royal Military College of Canada, 2004. (DAI 65/02).
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20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, world war 1, first world war, empire
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Blee, Ben W. "Lion in the East." USNIP, 89 (December 1963): 41-51. "Impregnable bastion," Singapore.
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20th century, twentieth, world war 2, second world war, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , empire
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Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Brides from Bridewell: Female Felons Sent to Colonial America. Tuttle: Prentice-Hall; Westport: Greenwood, 1962, 1973, 141 pp. Transportation.
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empire, emigration, immigration, migration, Diaspora , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England
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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen. Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt. London: Unwin; New York: Knopf; New York: Fertig, 1907, 1923, 1967, xi, 416 pp. Saw it as imperialism, exploitation.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Egyptian; Empire;
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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , empire
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Blyth, Sally & Wotherspoon, Ian. Hong Kong Remembers. Hong Kong: Oxford UP, 1996, 285 pp. Foreword: Margaret Thatcher.
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Chinese, China, empire
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Bolster, William Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1997, viii, 310 pp. Included colonial times.
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age of sail, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , colonialism, colony, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , empire
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Bonin, Hubert. "The Compagnie du Canal de Suez und Transit Shipping, 1900-1956." IJ Mar His, 17 (December 2005): 87-112. 1956, a watershed in anti-imperialism in the Middle East.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Egyptian; Empire; imperialism; Mediterranean Sea; Suez;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , empire, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Suez, campaign, canal, region, Eastern Mediterranean , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command
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Bonker, Dirk. "Militarizing the Western World: Navalism, Empire, and State-Building in Germany and the United States before World War II." Ph.D. diss, Johns Hopkins, 2002. (DAI September 2002).
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20th C. (1900-1999); America; Empire; Germany; imperialism; interwar;
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20th century, twentieth, interwar, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , empire, germany, german, prussia, prussian, america, United States, US, U.S., 13 colonies, thirteen
| 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 |