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World History of the Seas: From Harbour to Horizon [Hardback]

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(University of Greifswald, Germany)
  • Formāts: Hardback, 328 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 630 g, 10 bw illus
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1350145440
  • ISBN-13: 9781350145443
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 328 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 630 g, 10 bw illus
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1350145440
  • ISBN-13: 9781350145443
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"Offering an introduction to the world's seas as a platform for global exchange and connection, Michael North offers an impressive world history of the seas over more than 3,000 years. Exploring the challenges and dangers of the oceans that humans have struggled with for centuries, he also shows the possibilities and opportunities they have provided from antiquity to the modern day. Written to demonstrate the global connectivity of the seas, but also to highlight regional maritime power during different eras, From Harbour to Horizon takes sailors, merchants and migrants as the protagonists of these histories and explores how their experiences and perceptions of the seas were consolidated through trade and cultural exchange. Bringing together the various maritime historiographies of the world and underlining their unity, this book shows how the ocean has been a vital and natural space of globalization. Carrying goods, creating alliances, linking continents and conveying culture, the history of the ocean played a central role in creating our modern globalized world"--

Offering an introduction to the world's seas as a platform for global exchange and connection, Michael North offers an impressive world history of the seas over more than 3,000 years. Exploring the challenges and dangers of the oceans that humans have struggled with for centuries, he also shows the possibilities and opportunities they have provided from antiquity to the modern day.

Written to demonstrate the global connectivity of the seas, but also to highlight regional maritime power during different eras, From Harbour to Horizon takes sailors, merchants and migrants as the protagonists of these histories and explores how their experiences and perceptions of the seas were consolidated through trade and cultural exchange. Bringing together the various maritime historiographies of the world and underlining their unity, this book shows how the ocean has been a vital and natural space of globalization. Carrying goods, creating alliances, linking continents and conveying culture, the history of the ocean played a central role in creating our modern globalized world.

Recenzijas

Accessible, refreshing and bold. Michael North confidently guides his readers through stormy seas and past breezy islands to discover the rich history of fisheries, exploration, migration and trade. The book offers a sweeping narrative that places the world seas at the forefront of human endeavour and cultural mediation. * Peter Borschberg, Dept. of History, National University of Singapore & Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Dept. of History, National Cheng Kung University, Singapore and Taiwan * In this work, Michael North has reminded us that before navigating the worlds vast oceans, there was a correspondingly prominent exploration of the seas. These smaller watery expanses served as a vital historical springboard guiding us into the Age of Sail. Through his astute organization, North has delivered an important book that is equally informative as it is accessible to those outside of this field. * Rainer F. Buschmann, Professor of History, California State University Channel Islands, USA *

Papildus informācija

An introduction to the worlds seas as a platform for global exchanges and connections from antiquity to the modern day.
List of Illustrations
x
List of Maps
xi
Preface xii
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1(1)
Part I Bridging the Sea
1(24)
The beginnings: Phoenicians and Greeks
7(5)
Thalassocracies: Athens, Alexandria, Carthage and Rome
12(3)
Wheat, wine and precious stones
15(2)
Handbooks and travel accounts
17(4)
Disintegration or reintegration?
21(4)
Part II North Sea, Baltic Sea and Black Sea: The Vikings
25(16)
Trade routes
31(3)
Swords, Jewellery and runestones
34(7)
Part III Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea: The Maritime Silk Road
41(16)
The preconditions: Winds, ships and navigation
42(4)
Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo: Merchants and ports
46(3)
The Maritime Silk Road
49(8)
Part IV Mediterranean: The Rise of the Maritime Republics
57(26)
The rise of the Maritime Republics
58(4)
The new trading power in the Levant
62(3)
The galley: A safe but costly mode of transport
65(4)
Emporia and networks
69(5)
Pirates: Robbery and ransom
74(9)
Part V Metropoles on the North and Baltic Seas
83(22)
The Hanseatic League: A powerful confederation of trading cities
84(8)
North Sea metropolises: Bruges, Antwerp and Amsterdam
92(2)
The Dutch are the `Carryers of the' World'
94(3)
Farmers, cloth-makers, entrepreneurs and artists: The Netherlandization of the Baltic region
97(8)
Part VI Indian Ocean: Europe meets Asia
105(32)
Conflict and cooperation
106(11)
Silver for cotton fabrics
117(1)
Merchant dynasties
118(5)
Life at sea
123(7)
Europe meets Asia
130(7)
Part VII Atlantic: Expanding horizons and exchanges
137(36)
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
138(3)
The rivalry between the Spanish and the Portuguese
141(5)
Sugar, slaves and furs: The Dutch, English and French
146(7)
Black Atlantic
153(3)
Indigenous Atlantic
156(3)
Seamen, buccaneers and pastors
159(5)
Perceptions of the Atlantic
164(9)
Part VIII Pacific: Exploration and Encounter
173(24)
Encounter
175(10)
Sandalwood, sea cucumbers and sea otters
185(2)
Between Canton and California
187(3)
Missionaries and scientists
190(7)
Part IX Global Seas: From Sail to Steam and the Communication Revolution
197(28)
From sailing ship to steamship
197(5)
The communication revolution
202(4)
Emigration and exploitation
206(5)
Schooners and trawlers
211(3)
The battle for maritime supremacy
214(2)
Oceanography and a new understanding of the sea
216(9)
Part X Dangerous Seas: Exploitation, Pollution and the Refugee Crisis
225(20)
Pearl Harbor and the Bikini Atoll
226(2)
Flight and migration
228(2)
Tankers and tonnage
230(3)
Cruise ships and giant hotels
233(1)
The recognition of new oceans
234(2)
Exploitation and destruction
236(1)
Eutrophication and pollution
237(2)
Overfishing
239(6)
Conclusion 245(2)
Bibliography 247(37)
Picture Credits 284(1)
Index 285
Michael North is Professor and Chair of Modern History at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He is also an Honorary Doctor of the University of Tartu, Finland, and Visiting Professor at UC Santa Barbara, USA. His publications include Art and Commerce in the Dutch Golden Age (Yale University Press, 1997), The Expansion of Europe, 1250-1500 (Manchester University Press, 2012), and The Baltic (Harvard University Press, 2015).