Roger Morriss: 3 books
The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy
Resources, Logistics and the State, 1755–1815
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
British power and global expansion between 1755 and 1815 have mainly been attributed to the fiscal-military state and the achievements of the Royal navy at sea. Roger Morriss here sheds new light on the broader range of developments in the infrastructure of the state needed to extend British power...
Science, Utility and Maritime Power
Samuel Bentham in Russia, 1779-91
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, from his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle...
Naval Power and British Culture, 1760–1850
Public Trust and Government Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Recent work on the growth of British naval power during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has emphasised developments in the political, constitutional and financial infrastructure of the British state. Naval Power and British Culture, 1760-1850 takes these considerations one step further, and...