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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bernhard Klein , Gesa MackenthunPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.385kg ISBN: 9780415946513ISBN 10: 0415946514 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 08 December 2003 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis terrific collection makes major contributions to several dynamic fields of historical inquiry, as it decisively demonstrates the centralityDLnot marginalityDLof an oceanic perspective to our understanding of the past. The volume is exciting both for what it achieves and the possibilities it suggests. -Lisa Norling, University of Minnesota Sea Changes: Historicizing the Ocean builds upon recent theoretical developments in Maritime Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial Studies, and Cultural Studies to place our understanding of the sea in a deeply historicized, complex, nuanced, and dynamic context. It joins important works like Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic and Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh's The Many-Headed Hydra in extending and radically reshaping our understanding of a significant arena of contemporary scholarship. -Jim Miller, George Washington University This terrific collection makes major contributions to several dynamic fields of historical inquiry, as it decisively demonstrates the centrality-not marginality-of an oceanic perspective to our understanding of the past. The volume is exciting both for what it achieves and the possibilities it suggests . -- Lisa Norling, University of Minnesota Sea Changes: Historicizing the Ocean builds upon recent theoretical developments in Maritime Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial Studies, and Cultural Studies to place our understanding of the sea in a deeply historicized, complex, nuanced, and dynamic context. It joins important works like Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic and Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh's The Many-Headed Hydra in extending and radically reshaping our understanding of a significant arena of contemporary scholarship . -- Jim Miller, George Washington University This terrific collection makes major contributions to several dynamic fields of historical inquiry, as it decisively demonstrates the centralityDLnot marginalityDLof an oceanic perspective to our understanding of the past. The volume is exciting both for what it achieves and the possibilities it suggests<br>. <br>-Lisa Norling, University of Minnesota <br> Sea Changes: Historicizing the Ocean builds upon recent theoretical developments in Maritime Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial Studies, and Cultural Studies to place our understanding of the sea in a deeply historicized, complex, nuanced, and dynamic context. It joins important works like Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic and Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh's The Many-Headed Hydra in extending and radically reshaping our understanding of a significant arena of contemporary scholarship<br>. <br>-Jim Miller, George Washington University <br> Author InformationBernhard Klein is Lecturer in Literature at the University of Essex. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including Fictions of the Sea: CriticalPerspectives on the Ocean in British Literature andCulture. Gesa Mackenthun is Professor in American Studies at Rostock University in Germany. In addition to numerous essays on the topics of nineteenth-century American literature, colonialism, and postcolonial studies, she is the author of Metaphors of Dispossession:American Beginnings and the Translation of Empire,1492-1637. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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