Robert J Blyth
Biographic Data
| ID | 5649641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Blyth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Blyth |
| SIGNATURE | BLYTH R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Maritime Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
If They Regarded Mathematical Accuracy’
A note from the editors
The Dreadnought and the Edwardian Age
Book synopsis: HMS Dreadnought (1906) is closely associated with the age of empire, the Anglo-German antagonism and the naval arms race before the First World War. Yet it was also linked with a range of other contexts - political and cultural, national and international - that were central to the Edwardian period. The chapters in this volume investigate these contexts and their intersection in this symbolically charged icon of the Edwardian age. …
The transformation of the world
The transformation of the world: a global history of the nineteenth century." Journal for Maritime Research, 18(1), pp. 72–73
The East India Company's Maritime Service 1746–1834, Masters of the Eastern Seas
The East India Company's Maritime Service 1746–1834, Masters of the Eastern Seas Jean Sutton Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 2010 xii + 311 pp., ISBN 978-1-84383-583-7 (£60.00 hardback) Despite the
Maritime Empires
Britain's empire was sustained by shipping. These studies are concerned with a range of enterprises, both home and colonial, in which shipping was involved, relating to goods, people, ideas
The Empire of the Raj
British India, as a result of history, geopolitics and its unique status within the Empire, controlled a chain of overseas agencies that stretched from southern Persia to eastern Africa. This book exa
‘A Sort of Gilded Parochialism’
The interaction and frequent clash of the Indian sub-imperial sphere with the expanding scope of British operations around the western Indian Ocean produced a unique and complicated dynamic. Before the Great War, the Indian sphere was tolerated by the Imperial government as an acceptable if sometimes problematic mechanism for supervising the affairs of a number of disparate territories — both inside and outwith the formal British Empire — stretch…
The Empire of the Raj
Given its geographical location and historical development, India naturally became involved in important relationships with neighbouring countries. The subcontinent transected the Indian Ocean’s diverse commercial, cultural, religious and political complexes, which connected the South China Sea to the Persian Gulf and to eastern Africa. These sophisticated networks — largely created and sustained through the activities and contacts of Arab, South…
‘A Conflict of Directions’
For a little over forty years in the middle of the nineteenth century the agency at Zanzibar represented the furthest limit of British India’s formal responsibilities within the western sphere. The debate over this outpost illustrated the tensions between the governments of Bombay and India regarding the direction and control of external affairs. Indian policy was thrown into further confusion by the frequently conflicting approach of the India O…
‘He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune’
For centuries before the arrival of Europeans in the region, Aden was part of India’s western trading empire with strong links to Gujerat. 1 The East India Company was attracted to the port as early as 1609 but chose to develop its Red Sea activities at Mocha. By the time of renewed Company interest during the French Revolutionary War, Aden’s prosperity had declined and it was virtually a ruin. The town assumed greater strategic importance in the…
‘When One Comes to Details, Difficulties Bristle’
The clash between the Indian and Imperial governments over the direction of British policy in Aden and Somaliland before 1914 was dictated, to a large extent, by external factors, particularly the activities of Egypt, Turkey, Abyssinia, France and Italy. By the turn of the century, the political map of the region was settled: the troublesome and violent Somali protectorate was an Imperial charge; and the boundaries of the Aden Protectorate were e…
‘A Colony for India’
From before the Great War until the early 1920s, East Africa was the focus of an especially bitter battle between Asian and European settlers to determine the nature of colonial government and the future political development of the region. The Government of India, through its efforts to advance the interests of Indians overseas and uphold their rights, became entangled in this East African imbroglio. The struggle for East Africa coincided with i…
Britain versus India in the Persian gulf
Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain
(2000). Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain: The Succession Crisis at Zanzibar, 1870–1873. The International History Review: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 785-805
Maritime Empires
Britain's empire was sustained by shipping. These studies are concerned with a range of enterprises, both home and colonial, in which shipping was involved, relating to goods, people, ideas
Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain
(2000). Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain: The Succession Crisis at Zanzibar, 1870–1873. The International History Review: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 785-805
Britain versus India in the Persian gulf
Britain versus India in the Persian gulf
Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain
(2000). Redrawing the Boundary between India and Britain: The Succession Crisis at Zanzibar, 1870–1873. The International History Review: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 785-805
The Empire of the Raj
British India, as a result of history, geopolitics and its unique status within the Empire, controlled a chain of overseas agencies that stretched from southern Persia to eastern Africa. This book exa
‘A Sort of Gilded Parochialism’
The interaction and frequent clash of the Indian sub-imperial sphere with the expanding scope of British operations around the western Indian Ocean produced a unique and complicated dynamic. Before the Great War, the Indian sphere was tolerated by the Imperial government as an acceptable if sometimes problematic mechanism for supervising the affairs of a number of disparate territories — both inside and outwith the formal British Empire — stretch…
The Empire of the Raj
Given its geographical location and historical development, India naturally became involved in important relationships with neighbouring countries. The subcontinent transected the Indian Ocean’s diverse commercial, cultural, religious and political complexes, which connected the South China Sea to the Persian Gulf and to eastern Africa. These sophisticated networks — largely created and sustained through the activities and contacts of Arab, South…
‘A Conflict of Directions’
For a little over forty years in the middle of the nineteenth century the agency at Zanzibar represented the furthest limit of British India’s formal responsibilities within the western sphere. The debate over this outpost illustrated the tensions between the governments of Bombay and India regarding the direction and control of external affairs. Indian policy was thrown into further confusion by the frequently conflicting approach of the India O…
‘He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune’
For centuries before the arrival of Europeans in the region, Aden was part of India’s western trading empire with strong links to Gujerat. 1 The East India Company was attracted to the port as early as 1609 but chose to develop its Red Sea activities at Mocha. By the time of renewed Company interest during the French Revolutionary War, Aden’s prosperity had declined and it was virtually a ruin. The town assumed greater strategic importance in the…
‘When One Comes to Details, Difficulties Bristle’
The clash between the Indian and Imperial governments over the direction of British policy in Aden and Somaliland before 1914 was dictated, to a large extent, by external factors, particularly the activities of Egypt, Turkey, Abyssinia, France and Italy. By the turn of the century, the political map of the region was settled: the troublesome and violent Somali protectorate was an Imperial charge; and the boundaries of the Aden Protectorate were e…
‘A Colony for India’
From before the Great War until the early 1920s, East Africa was the focus of an especially bitter battle between Asian and European settlers to determine the nature of colonial government and the future political development of the region. The Government of India, through its efforts to advance the interests of Indians overseas and uphold their rights, became entangled in this East African imbroglio. The struggle for East Africa coincided with i…
Maritime Empires
Britain's empire was sustained by shipping. These studies are concerned with a range of enterprises, both home and colonial, in which shipping was involved, relating to goods, people, ideas
The East India Company's Maritime Service 1746–1834, Masters of the Eastern Seas
The East India Company's Maritime Service 1746–1834, Masters of the Eastern Seas Jean Sutton Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 2010 xii + 311 pp., ISBN 978-1-84383-583-7 (£60.00 hardback) Despite the
The Dreadnought and the Edwardian Age
Book synopsis: HMS Dreadnought (1906) is closely associated with the age of empire, the Anglo-German antagonism and the naval arms race before the First World War. Yet it was also linked with a range of other contexts - political and cultural, national and international - that were central to the Edwardian period. The chapters in this volume investigate these contexts and their intersection in this symbolically charged icon of the Edwardian age. …
The transformation of the world
The transformation of the world: a global history of the nineteenth century." Journal for Maritime Research, 18(1), pp. 72–73
A note from the editors
If They Regarded Mathematical Accuracy’
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