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Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor
| Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor |
| Autore | Berger Wolfgang H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (533 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShorElizabeth Noble |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration - History
Ocean - History Oceanography - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-36076-0
9786612360763 0-520-94254-X |
| Classificazione | UT 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction. Coping with a Sea of Change -- 1. Discovering the Ocean: Of Fish and Ships and People -- 2. A Portrait of the Ocean Planet: Elements of Ocean Literacy -- 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea: The Birthplace of Marine Science -- 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls: Stone Gardens of Tropical Seas -- 5. The Zen of the Beach: Musings on a River of Sand -- 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle: On a Warm Current Running North -- 7. Sardines and the California Current: On a Cold Current Running South -- 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea: On the Elusive Concept of Ocean Productivity -- 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid: Reflections on the Big, the Strange, and the Powerful -- 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark: Life at the End of the Line -- 11. Seeing in the Dark: A Sound Approach to Exploration -- 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands: The Great Revolution in Earth Science -- 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages: The Endless Cycles of Climate Change -- 14. Abyssal Memories: A Thousand Holes in the Bottom of the Sea -- 15. Global Warming and the Ocean: Human Impact on a Greenhouse Planet -- Epilogue: The Great Trends in Exploration and the Challenges Ahead -- Appendix 1. Units Used in the Ocean Sciences -- Appendix 2. Aspects of Ocean Chemistry -- Appendix 3: Overview of Major Groups of Important Marine Organisms -- Appendix 4: Geologic Time Scale -- Appendix 5: Topographic Statistics -- Figure Sources and References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454826903321 |
Berger Wolfgang H
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor
| Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on a century of exploration / / Wolf H. Berger with contributions by E. N. Shor |
| Autore | Berger Wolfgang H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (533 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.46 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShorElizabeth Noble |
| Soggetto topico |
Underwater exploration - History
Ocean - History Oceanography - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-36076-0
9786612360763 0-520-94254-X |
| Classificazione | UT 3000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction. Coping with a Sea of Change -- 1. Discovering the Ocean: Of Fish and Ships and People -- 2. A Portrait of the Ocean Planet: Elements of Ocean Literacy -- 3. Life at the Edge of a Fertile Sea: The Birthplace of Marine Science -- 4. Of Coral Reefs and Atolls: Stone Gardens of Tropical Seas -- 5. The Zen of the Beach: Musings on a River of Sand -- 6. Unraveling the Gulf Stream Puzzle: On a Warm Current Running North -- 7. Sardines and the California Current: On a Cold Current Running South -- 8. Meadows and Deserts of the Sea: On the Elusive Concept of Ocean Productivity -- 9. Of Whales and Sharks and Giant Squid: Reflections on the Big, the Strange, and the Powerful -- 10. The Deep, the Cold, the Dark: Life at the End of the Line -- 11. Seeing in the Dark: A Sound Approach to Exploration -- 12. Mountains, Trenches, Sunken Islands: The Great Revolution in Earth Science -- 13. The Ocean's Memory of the Ice Ages: The Endless Cycles of Climate Change -- 14. Abyssal Memories: A Thousand Holes in the Bottom of the Sea -- 15. Global Warming and the Ocean: Human Impact on a Greenhouse Planet -- Epilogue: The Great Trends in Exploration and the Challenges Ahead -- Appendix 1. Units Used in the Ocean Sciences -- Appendix 2. Aspects of Ocean Chemistry -- Appendix 3: Overview of Major Groups of Important Marine Organisms -- Appendix 4: Geologic Time Scale -- Appendix 5: Topographic Statistics -- Figure Sources and References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778402803321 |
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Berger Wolfgang H
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun
| Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.45 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KleinBernhard <1963->
MackenthunGesa <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History Ocean travel |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-58960-5
9786613902054 0-203-49853-4 1-135-94047-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Sea Changes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sea Is History; Notes; Chapter 1: Deep Times, Deep Spaces: Civilizing the Sea; Polyglot Time: Polyglot Space; Encompassing Oceania; The Theater of Reenactment; Observing the Unobservable; Ocean; Civilizing the Sea; Double-Visioned History; Way-Finding; Looming; Notes; Chapter 2: Costume Changes: Passing at Sea and on the Beach; Divested of Command; The Moment of Discovery; Opposite Camps; Breeches of Etiquette; Seeing through Clothes; ""A Proper Sample""; ""A Genteel Dressing""
NotesChapter 3: The Global Economy and the Sulu Zone: Connections, Commodities, and Culture; Introduction: Space and Time; Commodities and the Search for Labor; Lanun: A Terrifying Presence; Colonialism's Pirates; Notes; Chapter 4: Ahab's Boat: Non-European Seamen in Western Ships of Exploration and Commerce; Notes; Chapter 5: Staying Afloat: Literary Shipboard Encounters from Columbus to Equiano; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 6: The Red Atlantic; or,""A Terrible Blast Swept Over the Heaving Sea""; Notes Chapter 7: Chartless Voyages and Protean Geographies: Nineteenth-Century American Fictions of the Black AtlanticChartless Voyages; The Grandeur of Egypt; Hybrid Geographies; Protean Ships; Notes; Chapter 8: ""At Sea-Coloured Passenger""; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 9: Slavery, Insurance, and Sacrifice in the Black Atlantic; In Transit: Insuring Slaves; Maritime Cannibalism, or Why Eating People Is Wrong; Notes; Chapter 10: Cast Away: The Uttermost Parts of the Earth; Notes; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465390703321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun
| Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.45 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KleinBernhard <1963->
MackenthunGesa <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History Ocean travel |
| ISBN |
1-135-94046-0
1-283-58960-5 9786613902054 0-203-49853-4 1-135-94047-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Sea Changes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sea Is History; Notes; Chapter 1: Deep Times, Deep Spaces: Civilizing the Sea; Polyglot Time: Polyglot Space; Encompassing Oceania; The Theater of Reenactment; Observing the Unobservable; Ocean; Civilizing the Sea; Double-Visioned History; Way-Finding; Looming; Notes; Chapter 2: Costume Changes: Passing at Sea and on the Beach; Divested of Command; The Moment of Discovery; Opposite Camps; Breeches of Etiquette; Seeing through Clothes; ""A Proper Sample""; ""A Genteel Dressing""
NotesChapter 3: The Global Economy and the Sulu Zone: Connections, Commodities, and Culture; Introduction: Space and Time; Commodities and the Search for Labor; Lanun: A Terrifying Presence; Colonialism's Pirates; Notes; Chapter 4: Ahab's Boat: Non-European Seamen in Western Ships of Exploration and Commerce; Notes; Chapter 5: Staying Afloat: Literary Shipboard Encounters from Columbus to Equiano; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 6: The Red Atlantic; or,""A Terrible Blast Swept Over the Heaving Sea""; Notes Chapter 7: Chartless Voyages and Protean Geographies: Nineteenth-Century American Fictions of the Black AtlanticChartless Voyages; The Grandeur of Egypt; Hybrid Geographies; Protean Ships; Notes; Chapter 8: ""At Sea-Coloured Passenger""; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 9: Slavery, Insurance, and Sacrifice in the Black Atlantic; In Transit: Insuring Slaves; Maritime Cannibalism, or Why Eating People Is Wrong; Notes; Chapter 10: Cast Away: The Uttermost Parts of the Earth; Notes; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791903903321 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun
| Sea changes : historicizing the ocean / / edited by Bernhard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.45 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KleinBernhard <1963->
MackenthunGesa <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History Ocean travel |
| ISBN |
1-135-94046-0
1-283-58960-5 9786613902054 0-203-49853-4 1-135-94047-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Sea Changes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sea Is History; Notes; Chapter 1: Deep Times, Deep Spaces: Civilizing the Sea; Polyglot Time: Polyglot Space; Encompassing Oceania; The Theater of Reenactment; Observing the Unobservable; Ocean; Civilizing the Sea; Double-Visioned History; Way-Finding; Looming; Notes; Chapter 2: Costume Changes: Passing at Sea and on the Beach; Divested of Command; The Moment of Discovery; Opposite Camps; Breeches of Etiquette; Seeing through Clothes; ""A Proper Sample""; ""A Genteel Dressing""
NotesChapter 3: The Global Economy and the Sulu Zone: Connections, Commodities, and Culture; Introduction: Space and Time; Commodities and the Search for Labor; Lanun: A Terrifying Presence; Colonialism's Pirates; Notes; Chapter 4: Ahab's Boat: Non-European Seamen in Western Ships of Exploration and Commerce; Notes; Chapter 5: Staying Afloat: Literary Shipboard Encounters from Columbus to Equiano; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 6: The Red Atlantic; or,""A Terrible Blast Swept Over the Heaving Sea""; Notes Chapter 7: Chartless Voyages and Protean Geographies: Nineteenth-Century American Fictions of the Black AtlanticChartless Voyages; The Grandeur of Egypt; Hybrid Geographies; Protean Ships; Notes; Chapter 8: ""At Sea-Coloured Passenger""; I; II; III; Notes; Chapter 9: Slavery, Insurance, and Sacrifice in the Black Atlantic; In Transit: Insuring Slaves; Maritime Cannibalism, or Why Eating People Is Wrong; Notes; Chapter 10: Cast Away: The Uttermost Parts of the Earth; Notes; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954570303321 |
| New York, : Routledge, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unnatural history of the sea [[electronic resource] /] / Callum Roberts
| The unnatural history of the sea [[electronic resource] /] / Callum Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts Callum |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 436 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 909/.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-59726-161-0
1-4356-6403-5 |
| Classificazione | 56.36.20 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453934703321 |
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Roberts Callum
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| Washington, DC, : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts
| The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts Callum |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Shearwater Books, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 909/.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History |
| ISBN |
1-59726-161-0
1-4356-6403-5 |
| Classificazione | 56.36.20 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782141703321 |
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Roberts Callum
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Shearwater Books, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts
| The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts Callum |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 909/.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ocean and civilization
Ocean - History |
| ISBN |
9781597261616
1597261610 9781435664036 1435664035 |
| Classificazione | 56.36.20 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Explorers and Exploiters in the Age of Plenty -- Ch. 1: The End of Innocence -- Ch. 2: The Origins of Intensive Fishing -- Ch. 3: Newfound Lands -- Ch. 4: More Fish than Water -- Ch. 5: Plunder of the Caribbean -- Ch. 6: The Age of Merchant Adventurers -- Ch. 7: Whaling: The First Global Industry -- Ch. 8: To the Ends of the Earth for Seals -- Ch. 9: The Great Fisheries of Europe -- Ch. 10: The First Trawling Revolution -- Ch. 11: The Dawn of Industrial Fishing -- Part Two: The Modern Era of Industrial Fishing -- Ch. 12: The Inexhaustible Sea -- Ch. 13: The Legacy of Whaling -- Ch. 14: Emptying European Seas -- Ch. 15: The Downfall of King Cod -- Ch. 16: Slow Death of an Estuary: Chesapeake Bay -- Ch. 17: The Collapse of Coral -- Ch. 18: Shifting Baselines -- Ch. 19: Ghost Habitats -- Ch. 20: Hunting on the High Plains of the Open Sea -- Ch. 21: Violating the Last Great Wilderness -- Part Three: The Once and Future Ocean -- Ch. 22: No Place Left to Hide -- Ch. 23: Barbequed Jellyfish or Swordfish Steak? -- Ch. 24: Reinventing Fishery Management -- Ch. 25: The Return of Abundance -- Ch. 26: The Future of Fish -- Notes -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910969662103321 |
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Roberts Callum
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| Washington, DC, : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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