The sea [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / John Mack

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457917203321
• Autore: Mack John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Reaktion Books, 2011
• ISBN: 1-280-49390-9; 9786613589132; 1-86189-928-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.46; 909.0962
• Soggetti: Ocean; Ocean and civilization; Seafaring life; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Sea Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Different Seas?; 2. Concepts of the Sea; 3. Navigation and the Arts of Performance; 4. Ships as Societies; 5. Beaches; 6. The Sea on the Land; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea," wrote Joseph Conrad. And there is certainly nothing more integral to the development of the modern world. In The Sea: A Cultural History, John Mack considers those great expanses that both unite and divide us, and the ways in which human beings interact because of the sea, from navigation to colonization to trade. Much of the world's population lives on or near the cost, and as Mack explains, in a variety of ways, people actually inhabit the sea. The Sea looks at the characteristic