Title The Channel : England, France and the Construction of a Maritime Border in the Eighteenth Century

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (420 pages) Series Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Cambridge social and cultural histories. Contents Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The border invented; Part II The border imposed; Part III Transgressing the border; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; 1 The impossibility of an island: before the Channel was a sea; 2 When the sea had no name; 3 Defending the military frontier; 4 Who owns the Channel? The overlap of legal rights; 5 The fight for natural resources; 6 The fisherman: 'friend of all nations'?; 7 The game of identities: fraud and smuggling; 8 Crossing the Channel Summary The English Channel was a border which connected, as much as it separated, France and England in the eighteenth century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-395) and index Notes Print version record Subject Maritime boundaries -- England -- History -- 18th century Maritime boundaries -- France -- History -- 18th century Acculturation -- England -- History -- 18th century Acculturation -- France -- History -- 18th century SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. TRAVEL -- Budget. TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds. Acculturation International relations Maritime boundaries SUBJECT English Channel -- History -- 18th century England -- Relations -- France France -- Relations -- England Subject Atlantic Ocean -- English Channel England France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316491058 1316491056 9781139600385 1139600389 9781316491935 1316491935

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