Coastal Policing in Eighteenth-Century Britain - The Riddle of the Coast, C.1660-1822

The first comprehensive study of Britain's coastal policing and administration across the long eighteenth century.

List of contents

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Jacobitism, Coastal Policing, and Fiscal-Military Reform (1660-1702)
2. Littoral Space and Coastal Mobility
3. Coastal Administration and the Art of Enforcement
4. The Social History of Coastal Policing
5. Reform, State-Building, and the Birth of the Coastguard (1784-1822)

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Hannes Ziegler

Summary

The first comprehensive study of Britain's coastal policing and administration across the long eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Hannes Ziegler, Hannes Ziegler
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2025
• EAN: 9781837651924
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-192-4
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: Studies in the Eighteenth Century
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918