Umfang:
XIV, 320 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
030020423X
,
9780300204230
Inhalt:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
Literaturangaben. Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Berry, Stephen R., 1970 - A path in the mighty waters New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780300210255
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Atlantischer Ozean
;
Schiffsreise
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
;
Atlantischer Ozean
;
Schiffsreise
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
