A New Naval History brings together the most significant and
interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few
decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched
and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that
continues to develop apace. It examines - through the prism of naval
affairs - issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy of Nelson;
the socio-cultural realities of life in ships and naval bases; and the
processes of commemoration, journalism and stage-managed pageantry that
plotted the interrelationship of ship and shore. This bold and original
publication will be essential for undergraduate and postgraduate
students of naval and maritime history. Beyond that, though, it marks an
important intervention into wider historiographies that will be read by
scholars from across the spectrum of social history, cultural studies
and the analysis of national identity.