'Seafaring Race' Theory: Colonial Naval Identity and Twentieth-Century British Imperialism

Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, 12-1 p.m.
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Using transnational research that reconciles official records with subaltern sources from across the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, this paper examines the intersections between indigenous and European histories, maritime communities and naval culture, the discourses of power and identities that emerged from these relationships, and their impact upon colonial societies and imperial power at the twilight of the British Empire.


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