Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Photo credits
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Genesis
- 2 The breach: Europe and St Helena collide
- 3 Population and environment: early impacts
- 4 Population and environment: asserting control
- 5 ‘The citadel of the South Atlantic’
- 6 Scientists in transit: St Helena as a site for scientific investigation
- 7 Napoleon on St Helena
- 8 Later detainees, 1800s and 1900s
- 9 A place in the modern world
- Appendix: Governors of St Helena
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Photo credits
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Genesis
- 2 The breach: Europe and St Helena collide
- 3 Population and environment: early impacts
- 4 Population and environment: asserting control
- 5 ‘The citadel of the South Atlantic’
- 6 Scientists in transit: St Helena as a site for scientific investigation
- 7 Napoleon on St Helena
- 8 Later detainees, 1800s and 1900s
- 9 A place in the modern world
- Appendix: Governors of St Helena
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
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- St HelenaAn Island Biography, pp. vii - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2024