Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 332 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781350142152
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9781350142145
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction: Globalization, knowledge and the Atlantic world -- Key issues -- Globalization -- Knowledge -- The Atlantic world, c. 1660-1860 -- Globalizing forces -- Approach and argument -- Part 1: Globalizing forces and the growth of maritime knowledge in the Atlantic world, c. 1660-1730 -- Introduction: Globalization between c. 1660 and 1730 -- Chapter 1: Globalizing forces and the growth of maritime knowledge -- Machines and the making of infrastructure -- Self-organization and social networks -- Chapter 2: Growing maritime knowledge and globalization -- Designing ships, navigating the ocean and probing the depths -- Observing living creatures in and above the water -- Keeping the humans on board alive -- Conclusion -- Capabilities and limitations -- Changes -- Part 2: Maritime knowledge and globalization in the Atlantic world, c. 1730-1800 -- Introduction: Globalization between c. 1730 and 1800 -- Chapter 3: The maritime knowledge supporting globalization -- Faster ships -- Improving the chances of survival: Mortality and health care -- Chapter 4: The globalizing forces supporting maritime knowledge -- Imperial and commercial machines and the growth of infrastructure for maritime knowledge -- Self-organized networks and the circulation of maritime knowledge -- Conclusion -- Capabilities and limitations -- Changes -- Part 3: The reshaping of the Atlantic world and the collectivization of maritime knowledge, c. 1800-60 -- Introduction: Globalization between c. 1800 and 1860 -- Chapter 5: Maritime knowledge and globalization: Advances and lags -- Increasing speed, lagging safety -- Improving the chances of survival: Mortality and health care -- Growing harvests from the sea: Fishing, sealing and whaling.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350142138
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Davids, Carolus A., 1952 - Global ocean of knowledge, 1660-1860 London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 ISBN 9781350240438
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350142138
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Atlantischer Ozean
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Schifffahrt
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Globalisierung
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Geschichte 1660-1860
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Electronic books
Author information:
Davids, Carolus A. 1952-
