Britain and the Sea: Since 1600

O'Hara presents the first general history of Britons' relationship with the surrounding oceans from 1600 to the present day. This all-encompassing account covers individual seafarers, ship-borne migration, warfare and the maritime economy, as well as the British people's maritime ideas and self perception throughout the centuries.

Author: Glen O'Hara
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 08/17/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230218291

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011

About the Author
GLEN O'HARA is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is the author of From Dreams to Disillusionment: Economic and Social Planning in 1960s Britain (Palgrave 2006) and co-author of The Modernisation of Britain? Harold Wilson and the British Labour Governments of 1964-1970.