Read more
Zusatztext Among the numerous accomplishments of this impressive book, the most striking may be its achievement of extending history from its usual terrestrial focus to the ocean ... Igler's contribution not only puts the sea at the center, but succeeds in telling a story that illuminates both human history and the history of a part of the ocean, the waterscape between the coastal Americas and islands scattered throughout the Pacific ... Igler's wonderful book will interest social historians, world historians, maritime historians, and others, but among his contributions is the excellent model he provides for ocean history. Informationen zum Autor David Igler is Associate Professor of History, University of California, Irvine Klappentext A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean. Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ocean Worlds 1. 'Ocean of Business': The Cultures and Geographies of Pacific Commerce 2. Disease, Sex, and Indigenous Depopulation 3. Cultures in Contact: Taking Captives and Hostages 4. Chapter Four: The Great Hunt: Furs, Skins, and Blubber 5. Ch. 5: Naturalists in the 'Great Wide Open' 6. On Coral Reefs, Volcanoes, Gods, and Patriotic Geology; Or, James Dwight Dana and Assembling the Pacific Basin Conclusion: On Wanderers and Natives Notes
