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Maritime History and Identity
The Sea and Culture in the Modern World

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The sea and its relation to human life has always been a subject of fascination for historians. For the first time, this book looks at the field of Maritime History through the prism of identity, looking at how the sea has influenced the formation of identity at a national, local and individual level from the early modern age to the present. It looks at a variety of people who interacted with the sea in different ways - from merchant sailors to naval officers and, on land, from dockworkers to the civilians who participated in the sea-based festivals in the Mediterranean port city of Messina. A cultural strand runs through the volume, with chapters focussing on the cultural construction of the 'naval hero' in literature, poetry, music and art, and an appraisal of the Japanese author and journalist It? Masanori, whose works had such a profound influence on Japan's post-World War II national identity. A key focus is the ways in which the Royal Navy influenced British identity at a national and regional level, but other countries with a strong naval tradition - such as Japan, Italy and Germany - are also analysed.By bringing together a variety of themes related to identity, this book provides the first attempt to thoroughly analyse the ways in which maritime historians have engaged with the question of identity in recent years. In doing so, it provides an important and unique addition to the historiography, which will be essential reading for all scholars of maritime and naval history and those concerned with the question of identity.

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Assisted by Duncan Redford (Editor), Duncan (National Museum of the Royal Navy Redford (Editor), Redford Duncan (Editor)
Authors Duncan Redford
Publisher Tauris, I.B.
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 27.11.2013
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
 
EAN 9781780763293
ISBN 978-1-78076-329-3
Pages 352
Dimensions (packing) 21.8 x 14.6 x 3.4 cm
 
Series International Library of War S > 20
International Library of War Studies
International Library of War S > 20
International Library of War Studies
Subjects HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy
maritime history
 

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