عنوان

A path in the mighty waters :

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030020423X

(Number (ISBN

9780300204230

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Title Proper

A path in the mighty waters :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World /

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephen R. Berry.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 320 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction : charting courses -- Embarkation -- Sea legs -- Shipmates -- Unbroken horizons -- Crossing lines -- Tedium -- Tempests -- Land ho! -- Conclusion : the journey on.

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Text of Note

"This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousands of Europeans who journeyed in search of a better life. Stephen Berry shows how the ships, on which passengers were contained in close quarters for months at a time, operated as compressed "frontiers," where diverse groups encountered one another and established new patterns of social organization. As he argues that experiences aboard ship served as a profound conversion experience for travelers, both spiritually and culturally, Berry reframes the history of Atlantic migrations, giving the ocean and the ship a more prominent role in Atlantic history. The ocean was more than a backdrop for human events: it actively shaped historical experiences by furnishing a dissociative break from normal patterns of life and a formative stage in travelers' processes of collective identification"--

Merchant ships-- Passenger accommodation-- Social aspects.

Ocean travel-- Social aspects.

Seafaring life-- Atlantic Ocean-- History-- 18th century.

Transatlantic voyages-- Social aspects.

Atlantic Ocean Region, Emigration and immigration, History, 18th century.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Berry, Stephen Russell,1970-

Date of Transaction

20170727025025.0

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Electronic name

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