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Collecting texts from all corners of the world that span antiquity to the present,
The Ocean Reader charts humans' relationship to the ocean, treating it as a dynamic site of history, culture, and politics.
List of contents
A Note on
The Ocean Reader xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
I. Creation 5
II. Ancient Seas 41
III. Unknown Waters 73
IV. Saltwater Hunt 121
V. Watery Highways 151
VI. Battlefields 203
VII. Piracy 261
VIII. Shipwrecks and Castaways 297
IX. Inspiration 337
X. Recreation 377
XI. Laboratory 433
XII. The Endangered Ocean 463
Suggestions for Further Reading 499
Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 505
Index 515
About the author
Eric Paul Roorda is Professor of History at Bellarmine University; coeditor of
The Dominican Republic Reader and author of
The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930–1945, both also published by Duke University Press; and editor of
Twain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Summary
Collecting texts from all corners of the world that span antiquity to the present, The Ocean Reader charts humans' relationship to the ocean, treating it as a dynamic site of history, culture, and politics.
