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Oceania Under Steam - Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c. 1870-1914 (Paperback)
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Oceania Under Steam - Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c. 1870-1914 (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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The age of steam was the age of Britain's global maritime
dominance, the age of enormous ocean liners and human mastery over
the seas. The world seemed to shrink as timetabled shipping mapped
out faster, more efficient and more reliable transoceanic networks.
But what did this transport revolution look like at the other end
of the line, at the edge of empire in the South Pacific? Through
the historical example of the largest and most important regional
maritime enterprise - the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand -
Frances Steel eloquently charts the diverse and often conflicting
interests, itineraries and experiences of commercial and political
elites, common seamen and stewardesses, and Islander dock workers
and passengers. Drawing on a variety of sources, including shipping
company archives, imperial conference proceedings, diaries,
newspapers and photographs, this book will appeal to cultural
historians and geographers of British imperialism, scholars of
transport and mobility studies, and historians of New Zealand and
the Pacific. -- .
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