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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816334403321

Titolo

Facing the sea : essays in Swedish maritime studies / / edited by Simon Ekström & Leos Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lund : , : Nordic Academic Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

91-89361-11-3

91-89361-04-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Disciplina

359.009

Soggetti

Naval history

Shipping - Sweden - History

Sweden History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The architecture of the early modern sea routes into Stockholm -- 2. Maritime military archery -- Bowmen on European warships, 1000-1600 -- 3. The human factor -- The ship Vasa and its people -- 4. Swedish vessels in the Prize Papers -- Cases from the American Revolutionary War, 1776-1783 -- 5. On the honour of the naval ensign -- The Swedish navy and the symbolism of naval and merchant flags, c.1700-1950 -- 6. Out of the water -- Wrecks and salvage at the intersection of death, time past, and national glory -- 7. Swedish naval officers and the nation -- The discourse of national identity in the magazine Vår Flotta, 1905-1920 -- 8. Tommi the sea dog -- Maritime collections and the material culture of Baltic boat children -- 9. How to break the rules just right -- Åland smugglers, 1920-1950 -- 10. Here, there and everywhere -- Ash disposal at sea and the construction of a maritime memory landscape -- About the authors -- About the Centre for Maritime Studies.