Format:
1 online resource (293 pages)
ISBN:
9789189361041
Content:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Simon-Ekström & -- Leos Müller -- 1. The architecture of the early modern sea routes into Stockholm-Niklas Eriksson -- 2. Maritime military archery: Bowmen on European warships, 1000-1600-Henrik Arnstad & -- Abigail Christine Parkes -- 3. The human factor: The ship Vasa and its people-Anna Maria Forssberg -- 4. Swedish vessels in the Prize Papers: Cases from the American Revolutionary War, 1776-1783-Leos Müller -- 5. On the honour of the naval ensign: The Swedish navy and the symbolism of naval andmerchant flags, c.1700-1950-Fredrik Kämpe -- 6. Out of the water: Wrecks and salvage at the intersection of death, time past, and national glory-Simon Ekström -- 7. Swedish naval officers and the nation: The discourse of national identity in the magazine Vår Flotta,1905-1920-Andreas Linderoth -- 8. Tommi the sea dog: Maritime collections and the material culture of Baltic boat children-Mirja Arnshav -- 9. How to break the rules just right: Åland smugglers, 1920-1950-Ida Hughes Tidlund -- 10. Here, there and everywhere: Ash disposal at sea and the construction of a maritime memory landscape-Hanna Jansson -- About the authors -- About the Centre for Maritime Studies.
Content:
"The sea has many faces. Some are calm and welcoming, others ferocious and death-dealing. For centuries of human history, the sea has seen peaceful trade and war, life and death and failure. In Facing the Sea we meet Swedish experiences of the sea. We can read about smugglers from the Åland Islands, about British privateers seizing Swedish ships, and about Swedish naval officers defending the honour of the flag. We also learn what a disaster at sea or the salvage of a shipwreck can say about past and present societies, and why more and more Swedes choose burial at sea for their loved ones. We hear the voices of children who made the dangerous escape to Sweden in wartime by crossing the Baltic Sea. These are a few of the stories written by the eleven researchers who present a smorgasbord of recent work carried out at the Centre for Maritime Studies (CEMAS) at Stockholm University. The contributors are historians, ethnologists, and maritime archaeologists associated with the centre." --
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789189361034
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789189361034
Language:
English
