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Royal Navy frigate commanders 1793-1815 : data files /Tom Wareham CD-ROM containing three files: 1. All Captains. 2. Frigate dispositions in date order. 3. The frigate command and disposition data files. All Captains is an alphabetical listing by surname of "all officers recorded as having command of a frigate between 1793-1814" and includes the frigates commanded with approximate dates, the dates of the officers' promotions and to which rank, and the dates of death of the officers. Frigate dispositions is a table containing "a list of frigates available to the Royal Navy" in 1793-1814, their captains and where stationed. The frigate command and disposition data files sets out the contents, sources and limitations of the data, the purpose for which it was compiled, and abbreviations used.--Quotations are provided by the author. [2020] • CD-ROM • 1 copy available.

The flag's up : the first 20 years of the South Head Lookout Post 1790-1809 /Peter Poland. "English, Dutch, French, American and Russian ships anhjored alongside convict vessels in Sydneys peaceful harbour. they carried Matthew Flinders and other famous navigators; political prisoners, daring escapees, Aborigines and Maoris making their first international journeys, and governors to and from their difficult postings. The South Head Lookout Post which recorded these arrivals and departures has been manned since January 1790, making it the longest permanently manned site in Australia. This illustrated book reveals the first years and the various voyages that began and ended on the shores of the bright young Sydney colony."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 994(944)

The maritime world of early modern Britain / edited by Richard J. Blakemore and James Davey. "Britain's emergence as one of Europe's major maritime powers has all too frequently been subsumed by nationalistic narratives that focus on operations and technology. This volume, by contrast, offers a daring new take on Britain's maritime past. It brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the manifold ways in which the sea shaped British history, demonstrating the number of approaches that now have a stake in defining the discipline of maritime history. The chapters analyse the economic, social, and cultural contexts in which English maritime endeavour existed, as well as discussing representations of the sea. The contributors show how people from across the British Isles increasingly engaged with the maritime world, whether through their own lived experiences or through material culture. The volume also includes essays that investigate encounters between English voyagers and indigenous peoples in Africa, and the intellectual foundations of imperial ambition."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.05

British military medals : a guide for the collector and family historian /Peter Duckers. "This second edition of Peter Duckers [sic] best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

Me and white supremacy : how to recognise your privilege, combat racism and change the world. /Layla F Saad. "Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of colour, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #MeAndWhiteSupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 90,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook. The updated and expanded Me and White Supremacy takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources. Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. The numbers show that readers are ready to do this work - let's give it to them."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.809

Hood feminism : notes from the women white feminists forgot /Mikki Kendall. "I'm a feminist. Mostly. I'm an asshole. Mostly. All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issues. The fight against racism, ableism and transmisogyny are all feminist issues. White feminists often fail to see how race, class, sexual orientation and disability intersect with gender. How can feminists stand in solidarity as a movement when there is a distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? Insightful, incendiary and ultimately hopeful, Hood Feminism is both an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux and also clear-eyed assessment of how to save it."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.42089

The Oriental-Hydrographe and Photography : the first expedition around the world with an 'Art Available to All' (1839-1840) /Maria Inez Turazzi. Turazzi, Maria Inez. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Eliott's gold : the award of head money after the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783) claim, rejection and parliamentary petition /Roy Clinton. "The Latin family motto beneath the coat of arms of General George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, reads 'Boldly and Rightly' and so it was that the General Eliott pusued a claim for prize and bounty for the Garrison and Naval department during the Great Siege of Gibraltar 1770-1783. This claim was rejected by the Navy Board as unfounded given a strict interpretation of Naval Prize Statues, but undeterred General Eliott boldly petitioned Parliament and successfully changed the law to obtain 30,000 of Head Money to be rightly distributed amongst the victorious participants. This is the previouslly untold story of how General Eliott, through strategic political manovering and persistence, changed the Navy Board's rejection into gold."--Provided by the publisher. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Incognita : the invention and discovery of terra australis /G.A. Mawer. "The southern hemisphere is mainly land. So said medieval Europeans, raised on a heady brew of folklore, biblical revelation and geographical theory. It is how they imagined it. So powerful was the hold of this received wisdom that when geographical discoveries, however insignificant, were made in the southern oceans, they were greeted as evidence that the expected continental landmasses, rich and fertile, might at last have been found. This predisposition was mercilessly exploited by writers with a view to propound or a barrow to push. The history of southern maritime exploration is therefore one of frustration, deception and self-deception, a process of eliminating the corners in which something bigger and better might still be hiding. This book tells the story of the inventors who sent the dream abroad and the discoverers who brought the reality home, sometimes in spite of themselves."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

Dunkirk and the little ships / Philip Weir. "During 1940 the German army swept with devastating speed across the Low Countries and into northern France and drove Allied forces back into a small pocket around Dunkirk. Without a swift withdrawal across the English Channel, the latter faced certain death or capture. The evacuation plan - Operation Dynamo - initially calculated that 45,000 men might be rescued, but between 26 May and 4 June 338,226 men were in fact brought back to England. Naval historian Philip Weir shows how this was made possible by a vast armada of disparate vessels including destroyers, minesweepers, fishing vessels and, most famously of all, the privately owned 'Little Ships'. He explores the vessels' various roles within the evacuation, and their subsequent fates, including preservation and participation in commemorative return runs to the port, which now take place every five years."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.54/21428

The Moon : a beginner's guide to lunar features and photography /James Harrop. A practical guide aimed at beginners interested in learning about the Moon and how to image our closest satellite neighbour. The book contains the complete photographic process including equipment, settings, capture techniques, stacking and image processing, each of which is vitally important to producing a good image. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 704.9/495233

A companion to the Falklands War / Gregory Fremont-Barnes. "The Falklands War is a story of occupation, fierce air battles, heavy naval losses and bitter encounters between ground forces amidst an inhospitable terrain and unforgiving climate. With complex political machinations and nationalist sentiment at the centre of the conflict, even today the sovereignty of the islands is hotly contested in political circles. For the first time, renowned military historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes has compiled a definitive A-Z guide to the British involvement in the Falklands conflict, including personalities, weapons, battles, ships, places, and much more. This accessible yet comprehensive companion to the Falklands War will be a welcome addition to any enthusiast?s shelves."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1982"(829)

The international business archives handbook : understanding and managing the historical records of business /edited by Alison Turton. "The International Business Archives Handbook provides up-to-date information and guidance on key issues relating to the understanding and management of the historical records of businesses. Key features include: chapter contributions from a range of experts in their respective fields; content covering business archive and business history initiatives around the world; practical advice combined with thought-provoking discussion on issues hitherto little addressed; useful quick-reference tables, global case study examples and further reading suggestions. The handbook is an invaluable guide for students, archive professionals and business historians alike. It is also an important reference tool for business professionals involved in information management more generally."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 930.25

Seeking sanctuary : a history of refugees in Britain /Jane Marchese Robinson. "Seeking Sanctuary explores the history of people looking for refuge in this country. It starts with those protestant refugees fleeing oppression and persecution from Catholic Spain who ruled the Netherlands in the 16th century. It traces successive waves of peoples in the context of why they fled. At various times this was due to religious persecution, political upheaval, war and ethnic cleansing."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.9069140941

Eating the empire : food and society in eighteenth-century Britain /Troy Bickham. "When students gathered in a London coffeehouse and smoked tobacco, Yorkshire women sipped sugar-infused tea or a Glasgow family ate a bowl of Indian curry, were they aware of the mechanisms of imperial rule and trade that made such goods readily available? In Eating the Empire, Troy Bickham unfolds the extraordinary role that food played in shaping Britain during the 'long' eighteenth century (c. 1660-1837), when recipes from around the world peppered a new generation of popular cookery books, and coffee, tea and sugar went from rare luxuries to some of the most ubiquitous commodities in Britain, reaching even the poorest and remotest of households. The trade in the empire's edibles underpinned the emerging consumer economy, fomenting the rise of modern retailing, visual advertising and consumer credit, and, via taxes, financed the military and civil bureaucracy that secured, governed and spread the empire."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 394.12094109033

Don't touch my hair / Emma Dabiri. "Straightened. Stigmatized. 'Tamed'. Celebrated. Erased. Managed. Appropriated. Forever misunderstood. Black hair is never 'just hair'. This book is about why black hair matters and how it can be viewed as a blueprint for decolonisation. Over a series of wry, informed essays, Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. The scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 391.508996

The SS Terra Nova (1884-1943) : whaler, sealer and polar exploration ship /Michael C. Tarver. "SS Terra Nova was most famous for being the vessel to carry the ill-fated 1910 polar expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott, but the story of this memorable ship, built in wood to enable flexibility in the ice, continued until 1943, when she sank off Greenland.This newly designed and updated edition presents the definitive illustrated account of one of the classic polar exploration ships of the 'heroic age'. Put together from accounts recorded by the men who sailed in her, it tells the sixty-year history of a ship built by a famous Scottish shipbuilding yard, in the nineteenth-century days of whaling and sealing before coal gas and electricity replaced animal oils."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.804

Secrets of the great ocean liners / John G. Sayers. "Before the advent of commercial transatlantic flights in the early 1950s, the only way to travel between continents was by sea. In the golden age of ocean liners, between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War, shipping companies ensured their vessels were a home away from home, providing entertainment, dining, sleeping quarters and smoking lounges to accommodate passengers of all ages and budgets, for voyages that could last as long as three months. Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners leads the reader through each of the stages - and secrets - of ocean liner travel, from booking a ticket and choosing a cabin to shore excursions, dining, on-board games, social events, romances, and disembarking on arrival. Additional chapters disclose wartime voyages and disasters at sea. The shipping companies produced glamorous brochures, sailing schedules, voyage logs, passenger lists, postcards and menus, all of which help us to savour the challenges, etiquette and luxury of ocean liner travel. Diaries, letters and journals written on board also reveal a host of behind-the-scenes secrets and fascinating insights into the experience of travelling by sea. This book dives into a vast, unique collection to reveal the scandals, glamour, challenges and tragedies of ocean liner travel."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.243209

Like a wicked Noah's Ark : the Nautical School Ships Vernon & Sobraon /Sarah Luke. "Step back in time to 1860s Sydney, when ragged children populated the harbour city's slums, picking pockets and scraping a living selling matches and watercress. Neglected youths formed the city's gangs, thieving and assaulting the unwary. These 'larrikins' often ended up in gaol, and received a thorough criminal education from Faginesque professors of the art. In 1867 a solution to this problem was found. Fitted out for the reception of New South Wales' delinquent and abandoned boys, a Nautical School Ship was moored permanently within sight of Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour. The Colony's prisons were drained of their young inmates, and they were herded together in their dozens -- and later, hundreds -- on board. Like a Wicked Noah's Ark is the full and close-up history of this ground-breaking experiment in juvenile reformation, which operated continuously until 1911 on the Vernon and Sobraon."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 365/.42099441

Richard Wright : 2010-20 /with texts by Will Bradley ... [et al.] "This comprehensive monograph on Richard Wright surveys works made by the artist between 2010 and 2020, documenting projects produced for both well-known public spaces and otherwise inaccessible private residences around the world. Wright is known for large-scale and site-specific painted and applied metal-leaf installations that incorporate graphic and decorative elements. Among the works pictured and discussed are Wright's permanent installations at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Queen's House, London; and Tottenham Court Road station (Elizabeth Line), London. Featured, too, are all his works in leaded glass, and almost all his works on paper of the past decade. Significantly, the publication functions as an important record of many temporary works that no longer exist, including installations at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Volksbèuhne, Berlin; and Gagosian, Britannia Street, London. The book includes essays by Wright; Martin Clark, director of Camden Art Centre, London; and social anthropologist Tim Ingold, and features an in-depth conversation between the artist and Will Bradley, director of Kunsthall Oslo."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 700.411

Trade winds : a voyage to a sustainable future for shipping /Christiaan De Beukelaer. "In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the Covid-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.5

The arts in Latin America, 1492 -1820 / Organised by Joseph J. Rishel with Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt "Written by distinguished international scholars, the essays cover a full range of topics, including city planning, iconography in painting and sculpture, East-West connections, the power of images, and the role of the artist. Beautifully illustrated with more than 450 works of art - many published for the first time - this book presents a spectacular selection of decorative arts, textiles, silver, sculpture, paintings, and furniture. Scholarly entries on some 300 objects highlight various cultural influences and differences throughout this vast region. This groundbreaking book also includes an illustrated chronology, informative maps, and an exhaustive bibliography."--Provided by the publisher. c.2006 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7(8)"1492/1820"

Figureheads : On the bow of the ship. "Figureheads developed from an ancient tradition of decorating vessels with painted eyes, carved figures and animal heads. Vikings in Northern Europe adorned the bows of their ships with dragon heads, which were thought to help ships see their way through the sea. But what other purposes did sailors believe figureheads served? What stores do these beautiful objects tell? And what do the different characters symbolise? Exploring the history and traditions associated with figureheads, this illustrated guide contains 60 examples from the National Maritime Museum, home to the worlds largest collection of figureheads. With a selection of short in-focus studies, the book looks at mythology, memorial, gender, empire, politics and literature surrounding these unique carvings."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 745.51(26)

Sweetness and power : the place of sugar in modern history /Sidney W. Mintz. "In this eye-opening study of how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how a slave crop, and the growing demand for it, transformed the history of capitalism and industry, Sidney Mintz asks us to consider the many ways in which sugar has become "meanginful" in modern Western life. [...] Sidney Mintz discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are its origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's colonies with its use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. [...] Finally, Professor Mintz considers the meaning of food and eating in our own society. Sugar has facilitated the modern transformation of work patterns, consumption habits, and diet, and Sweetness and Power asks us to understand what this means."--Provided by the publisher. 1985. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 394.1/2

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