The ocean reader : history, culture, politics / Eric Paul Roorda, editor.
"While much of the telling of human history focuses on events that occurred on land, THE OCEAN READER takes the centrality of water as its starting point, bringing together material that has shaped humans' relationship to the water and treating the ocean as a dynamic site of history, culture, and po...
| Uniform Title: | Latin America readers.
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| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Latin America readers.
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| Physical Description: | xix, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
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"While much of the telling of human history focuses on events that occurred on land, THE OCEAN READER takes the centrality of water as its starting point, bringing together material that has shaped humans' relationship to the water and treating the ocean as a dynamic site of history, culture, and politics. In its twelve parts, THE OCEAN READER gathers a variety of primary texts, including myth, scholarly writing, poetry, scientific research, song lyrics, memoir, journalism, blog posts, and more"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Call Number: | GC21 .O266 2020 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781478006961 147800696X 9781478006008 1478006005 |