LEADER 02506nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910457917203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49390-9 010 $a9786613589132 010 $a1-86189-928-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084073 035 $a(EBL)851014 035 $a(OCoLC)775302663 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000640931 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640931 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10627706 035 $a(PQKB)10380308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC851014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL851014 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10538333 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358913 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084073 100 $a20120331d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sea$b[electronic resource] $ea cultural history /$fJohn Mack 210 $aLondon $cReaktion Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-809-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 330 $a"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 606 $aOcean 606 $aOcean and civilization 606 $aSeafaring life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOcean. 615 0$aOcean and civilization. 615 0$aSeafaring life. 676 $a551.46 676 $a909.0962 700 $aMack$b John$0246883 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457917203321 996 $aThe sea$92037706 997 $aUNINA