Synopses & Reviews
The English/British have always been known as the sailor race with hearts of oak: the Royal Navy as the Senior Service and First Line of Defense. It facilitated the motto: The sun never set on the British Empire. The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately, the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the influence of the English/British Navy through its history.
This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.
Review
Rasor adds a useful survey of gaps and research needed and includes official publications and dissertations, author and subject indexes and is a significant contribution to the field. Recommended for students, scholars, and any collection strong in military history.Reference &User Services Quarterly
Synopsis
The English/British have always been known as "the sailor race" with "hearts of oak": the Royal Navy as the "Senior Service" and "first line of defense." It facilitated the motto: "the sun never set on the British Empire." The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the history of the English/British Navy. This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.
Synopsis
Delivers a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of academic and printed materials on the maritime and naval history of England and Great Britain from its earliest times to 1815.
Synopsis
The English/British have always been known as "the sailor race" with "hearts of oak": the Royal Navy as the "Senior Service" and "first line of defense." It facilitated the motto: "the sun never set on the British Empire." The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the history of the English/British Navy. This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.
About the Author
EUGENE L. RASOR taught British and European History at Emory and Henry College for 33 years, retiring in 1997.