Social Construction of the Ocean

Klappentext This 2001 book discusses the changing uses, regulations and representation of the sea from 1450 to now. Zusammenfassung This 2001 book uses legal texts! literary and artistic creations! maps and policy debates! to trace the changing uses! regulations! and representations of the world-ocean from 1450 to the present. Steinberg uses theories of social forces and state policy! treating the sea as global space of political! economic! and cultural history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: from Davy Jones' locker to the Foot Locker: the case of the floating Nikes; 1. The social construction of ocean-space; 2. Ocean-space in non-modern societies; 3. Ocean-space and merchant capitalism; 4. Ocean-space and industrial capitalism; 5. Ocean-space and postmodern capitalism; 6. Beyond postmodern capitalism, beyond ocean-space.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Steinberg, Philip E. Steinberg, Philip E. (Florida State University) Steinberg
• Assisted by: Steve Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780521010573
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01057-3
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education