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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483371003321

Autore

Duncan Brad

Titolo

Please God Send Me a Wreck : Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community / / by Brad Duncan, Martin Gibbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

1-4939-2642-X

1-4939-2641-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

When the Land Meets the Sea, An ACUA and SHA Series, , 1869-6783 ; ; 3

Disciplina

910.452

Soggetti

Archaeology

Cultural heritage

Cultural Heritage

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Shipping Mishaps and the Maritime Cultural Landscape -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Shipping Mishaps -- Chapter 4: Crisis Phase Responses -- Chapter 5: Mid and Long Term Responses -- Chapter 6: Landscapes of Risk Prevention and Mitigation -- Chapter 7: Landscapes of Crisis and Long-term Response.-Chapter 8: The Social Landscapes of Shipping Mishaps -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors.