Книга Great Ocean David Igler

Great Ocean

Автор: David Igler
Език: Английски език
Корици: С твърди корици
Издател: Oxford University Press Inc
Наличност: Външен склад
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46.39 90.73 лв
The Great Ocean examines the convergence and fragmentation of Pacific worlds during a period of rapi...

Информация за книгата

Автор
Език
Английски език
Корици
Книга - С твърди корици
Издадена
2013
страници
272
EAN
9780199914951
ISBN
0199914958
Enbook ID
01299353
Теглоt
492
Размери
165 x 243 x 28

Пълно описание

The Great Ocean examines the convergence and fragmentation of Pacific worlds during a period of rapidly expanding trade, indigenous depopulation, and scientific investigations. With a particular focus on the eastern Pacific in the decades between the 1770s and the 1840s, this study uncovers world history in the coastal localities where voyagers, traders, hunters, and native peoples met one another through episodes often marked by violence and tragic outcomes. Igler reveals a vast oceanic and coastal geography that gradually became entangled with global circuits. Rather than a single ocean world, this study demonstrates how the eastern Pacific encompassed a variety of seas and a multiplicity of human communities. At the same time, The Great Ocean situates this story in the personal and intimate interactions of different groups, including indigenous

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