Mohlo by se vám také líbit

Více informací o knize Great Ocean

• Parametry knihy
• Anotace
• Oblíbené z jiného soudku

Nákupem získáte 105 bodů

Anotace knihy

The Great Ocean examines the convergence and fragmentation of Pacific worlds during a period of rapidly expanding trade, indigenous depopulation, and scientific investigations. With a particular focus on the eastern Pacific in the decades between the 1770s and the 1840s, this study uncovers world history in the coastal localities where voyagers, traders, hunters, and native peoples met one another through episodes often marked by violence and tragic outcomes. Igler reveals a vast oceanic and coastal geography that gradually became entangled with global circuits. Rather than a single ocean world, this study demonstrates how the eastern Pacific encompassed a variety of seas and a multiplicity of human communities. At the same time, The Great Ocean situates this story in the personal and intimate interactions of different groups, including indigenous

Parametry knihy

Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Plný název: Great Ocean
• Autor: David Igler
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 272
• EAN: 9780199914951
• ISBN: 0199914958
• ID: 01299353
• Nakladatelství: Oxford University Press Inc
• Hmotnost: 492 g
• Rozměry: 243 × 165 × 28 mm
• Datum vydání: 30. April 2013

Oblíbené z jiného soudku

---

---

---