Trafalgar in History

Following the events and activity surrounding the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume acts both as a summary of what we have learned and a collection of some of the best scholarship on the battle itself and its context and legacy. It moves away from the figure of Nelson and brings new research from a range of disciplinary perspectives to bear on one of the most significant naval actions in the age of sail. Europe at War features contributions by top scholars and historians, each chapter a fascinating explanation or insight into some of the key issues of the Napoleonic Wars. They include examinations by Simon Burrows, Francois Crouzet and Martin Daunton of the question of resources, and the fiscal, economic and information structures in Britain and France that permitted naval warfare on this massive scale to be waged; Roger Knight and N. A. M. Rodger look at the battle itself and aspects of early nineteenth-century military thinking; Geoffrey Quilley and Mark Philp examine the production of art and music in the immediate aftermath of the battle; Marianne Czisnik explores the complex national and international pressures on staging the 1905 commemorations of the Battle of Trafalgar and finally Andrew Lambert and Paul Kennedy assess the legacies of the Battle of Trafalgar within historical and professional military contexts and the broader strategic and political significance of war at sea. This book will be indispensible to students and scholars of the Napoleonic Wars as well as to anyone interested in the history of Nelson and Trafalgar.

ISBN 023000900X   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780230009004 (What's this?)   Pages 200 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Volumes 1 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Weight (grammes) 392 Format Hardback   Published in Basingstoke Publication date 06 Jun 2006   Height (mm) 222 Non-book description :   Width (mm) 141 Library of Congress 2006043618   Spine width (mm) 16 DEWEY 940.2745   Academic level Tertiary education, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		The British economy at the time of Trafalgar : strengths and weaknesses by Francois Crouzet		7
2		The fiscal-military state and the Napoleonic wars : Britain and France compared by Martin Daunton		18
3		The war of words : French and British propaganda in the Napoleonic era by Simon Burrows		44
4		The fleets at Trafalgar : the margin of superiority by Roger Knight		61
5		The significance of Trafalgar : sea power and land power in the Anglo-French wars by N. A. M. Rodger		78
6		Politics and memory : Nelson and Trafalgar in popular song by Mark Philp		93
7		The battle of the pictures : painting the history of Trafalgar by Geoffrey Quilley		121
8		Commemorating Trafalgar : public celebration and national identity by Marianne Czisnik		139
9		The magic of Trafalgar : the nineteenth-century legacy by Andrew Lambert		155
10		Trafalgar in world history : from the Armada to the Second World War by Paul Kennedy		175

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