02137nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082001200246100003000258245012700288264005200415300005900467336002600526337002600552338003600578500007300614520101100687776003501698856007101733999001901804CR9780511921780UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100927s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511921780 (ebook)  z9780521195911 (hardback)  z9780521152419 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aDA355 b.S36 201100a9412221 aScott, Jonathan,eauthor.10aWhen the Waves Ruled Britannia :bGeography and Political Identities, 1500–1800 / [electronic resource]cJonathan Scott. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (236 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aHow did a rural and agrarian English society transform itself into a mercantile and maritime state? What role was played by war and the need for military security? How did geographical ideas inform the construction of English – and then British – political identities? Focusing upon the deployment of geographical imagery and arguments for political purposes, Jonathan Scott's ambitious and interdisciplinary study traces the development of the idea of Britain as an island nation, state and then empire from 1500 to 1800, through literature, philosophy, history, geography and travel writing. One argument advanced in the process concerns the maritime origins, nature and consequences of the English revolution. This is the first general study to examine changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context. Offering a new perspective on the nature of early modern Britain, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of the period.08iPrint version: z978052119591140uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921780zCambridge Books Online  c236703d236703