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Genre/Form: | Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme) Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) |
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Named Person: | Nouvelle-Écosse; Nouvelle-Écosse. |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Julian Gwyn |
OCLC Number: | 757511721 |
Notes: | Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 5 déc. 2008). |
Awards: | Winner of John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History 2004 (United States) Commended for Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society 2004 (Canada) Short-listed for Honourable Mention, Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society 2004 (Canada) |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Contents: | Preface1 The Siege of Louisbourg and Its Aftermath, 1745-552 The Halifax Squadron in Peace and War, 1755-753 Naval War with Rebel America, 1775-834 Short Peace and Long War, 1783-18075 Preying on American Commerce, 1793-18126 Maritime War with the United States, 1812-157 Conclusion and EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex |
Series Title: | Studies in Canadian military history, 4 |
Responsibility: | Julian Gwyn. |
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One of the great benefits of the recent upsurge in maritime and naval history has been the attention paid to topics or areas heretofore considered marginal. Julian Gwyn has provided here a welcome example of just such a neglected issue. Gwyn attempts, successfully, to correct the imbalance by explaining the essential role played by this marginal theatre in numerous phases of the great conflicts from 1745 to 1815. The book is a most welcome addition to naval and maritime history. The focus is Halifax and Nova Scotian water, but British relations with the Americans, and to a lesser degree the French, are paramount. Gwyn has thoroughly researched the primary and secondary material, and presents his findings clearly. This is a fine book that throws light on a neglected theatre of operations in several wars. -- Paul Webb, University of Western Ontario * International History Review, June 2005. * Professor Gwyn's admirable treatment of the socio-economic aspects of the squadron's history include the attention paid to the development of the Royal Navy's docking, building and careening facilities in Bermuda and Nova Scotia; his account of the squadron's role in imposing London's trade policies before the American Revolution; and some interesting comments comparing Nova Scotia and Georgia as colonies before 1775. -- David R. Jones * Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. 8, 2005 * Read more...


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