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Maritime networks in the ancient Mediterranean world

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"This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance theoretical approaches and analytical tools for studying maritime connectivity. For the coast-hugging populations of the ancient Mediterranean, mobility and exc…

China and her neighbours: Asian diplomacy from ancient history to the prese…

by Tai, Michael

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For centuries, China has been known as the Middle Kingdom. This name clearly indicates the country's place as the powerhouse of the East, but it also serves as a reminder that China is surrounded by dozens of other countries that are intimately linked to its fate. At times, thes…

The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: challenges and opportunities for Asia and Europe

fromContemporary issues in the South China Sea

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"This book explores the opportunities and challenges that both Europe and Asia face under the framework of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative. The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSR Initiative), put forward by the Chinese government together with the Sil…

Liberty on the waterfront: American maritime culture in the Age of Revolution

by Gilje, Paul A.

fromEarly American studies

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"In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, are recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to…

The ancient sailing season

by Beresford, James

fromMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava

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"Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent a…

Moby Dick: or The whale

by Parker, Hershel, Hayford, Harrison, Tanselle, G. Thomas, (George Thomas), Melville, Herman

fromWritings of Herman Melville

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In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great…

The novel and the sea

by Cohen, Margaret

fromTranslation/transnation

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For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, this…

The global seafarer: living and working conditions in a globalized ind…

by Alderton, T., Seafarers International Research Centre, International Labour Office

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"This volume offers a systematic account of the effects of globalization on the shipping industry and seafarers lives. The seafarers' labour market is changing rapidly and this study discusses the challenges encountered in recruitment practices, trade unions and collective barga…