Format:
384 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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26 cm
ISBN:
9780947518707
Content:
"As a group of islands in the far south-west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand has a history that is steeped in the sea. Its people have encountered the sea in many different ways: along the coast, in port, on ships, beneath the waves, behind a camera, and in the realm of the imagination. While New Zealanders have continually shaped and altered their marine environments, the ocean, too, has shaped their lives.A richly illustrated and multi-disciplinary work encompassing history, marine science, archaeology and visual culture, New Zealand and the Sea explores New Zealands varied relationship with the sea, challenging the conventional view that history unfolds on land. Leading and emerging scholars highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fascinating new perspectives on New Zealands pasts"--
Note:
Literaturangaben Seite 326-376
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Index Seite 377-384
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New Zealand and the sea : an introduction
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Finding Tonganui : East Polynesian seafaring and migration to New Zealand
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Native seas and native seaways : the Pacific Ocean and New Zealand
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People, nature and the Southern Ocean
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Over the Ocean foam : migrant voyages from Britain and Ireland
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Maritime connections and the colonisation of New Zealand
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Taming the migratory divide
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Humans and marine ecosystems : insights from large, remote, late-settled islands
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Maori history as maritime history : a view from the Bluff
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Crew cultures in the Tasman world
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Waterfronts and homes, 1900-1970
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Maritime masculinities
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Living with the beach : representations of the Otago coast
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Cruises and the making of Greater New Zealand
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Popular imagination of the sea : magazines of the 1920s and 1930s
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Catching the wave : marine slides and women's amateur photography
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Wave after wave : epilogue
Language:
English
Keywords:
Neuseeland
;
Pazifischer Ozean
;
Seeschifffahrt
;
Marine
;
Soziokultur
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