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Vast Expanses

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Vast Expanses

By Helen M. Rozwadowski

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

Vast Expanses is a cultural, environmental and geopolitical history that examines the relationship between humans and oceans, reaching back across geological and evolutionary time and exploring different cultures around the globe.Our ancient connections with the sea have developed and multiplied with industrialization and globalization, a trajectory that runs counter to Western depictions of the ocean as a place remote from and immune to human influence. This book argues that knowledge about the...Show more

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ISBN

9781780239972

Publisher

Reaktion Books

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Vast Expanses

Format

Hardcover

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