{"product_id":"the-ocean-reader-history-culture-politics-paperback","title":"The Ocean Reader: History, Culture, Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Paul Roorda\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation and military conquest, as well as an inspiration for religion, culture, and the arts. \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean Reader\u003c\/i\u003e charts humans' relationship to the Ocean, which has often been seen as a changeless space without a history. It collects familiar, forgotten, and previously unpublished texts from all corners of the world. Spanning antiquity to the present, the volume's selections cover myriad topics including the slave trade, explorers from China and the Middle East, shipwrecks and castaways, Caribbean and Somali pirates, battles and U-boats, narratives of the Ocean's origins, and the devastating effects of climate change. Containing gems of maritime writing ranging from myth, memoir, poetry, and scientific research to journalism, song lyrics, and scholarly writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential guide for all those wanting to understand the complex and long history of the Ocean that covers over 70 percent of the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Paul Roorda is Professor of History at Bellarmine University; coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Dominican Republic Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Duke University Press; and editor of \u003ci\u003eTwain at Sea: The Maritime Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717387194431,"sku":"9781478006961","price":40.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ddc47b6176e43cf75cb654c1d50418d4.webp?v=1765078306","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-ocean-reader-history-culture-politics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}