The Safety Of The Seas In The Eighteenth Century
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The Safety Of The Seas In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : Carl E. Swanson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Safety Of The Seas In The Eighteenth Century written by Carl E. Swanson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
A Companion To Eighteenth Century Europe
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Author : Peter H. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-01-28
A Companion To Eighteenth Century Europe written by Peter H. Wilson and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-28 with History categories.
This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout eighteenth-century Europe Focuses on Europe while placing it within its international context Considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe
Fighting At Sea In The Eighteenth Century
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Author : Sam Willis
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2008
Fighting At Sea In The Eighteenth Century written by Sam Willis and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850(Quercus).
The Patterns Of War Through The Eighteenth Century
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Author : Larry H. Addington
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1990
The Patterns Of War Through The Eighteenth Century written by Larry H. Addington and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
" . . . a concise, highly readable survey of pre- 19th-century warfare." —Choice "A remarkable tour de force covering a vast span of time, different cultures, warfare by land and sea." —Gunther Rothenberg A history of war and warfare from ancient to early modern times, Larry Addington's new book completes his survey of the patterns of war in the Western world. It explains not only what happened in warfare but why war in a certain time and culture took on distinct and recognizable patterns.
Eighteenth Century Fiction And The Reinvention Of Wonder
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Author : Sarah Tindal Kareem
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
Eighteenth Century Fiction And The Reinvention Of Wonder written by Sarah Tindal Kareem and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Criticism categories.
A footprint materializes mysteriously on a deserted shore; a giant helmet falls from the sky; a traveler awakens to find his horse dangling from a church steeple. Eighteenth-century British fiction brims with moments such as these, in which the prosaic rubs up against the marvelous. While it is a truism that the period's literature is distinguished by its realism and air of probability, Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder argues that wonder is integral to--rather than antithetical to--the developing techniques of novelistic fiction. Positioning its reader on the cusp between recognition and estrangement, between faith and doubt, modern fiction hinges upon wonder. Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder's chapters unfold its new account of British fiction's rise through surprising new readings of classic early novels-from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey--as well as bringing to attention lesser known works, most notably Rudolf Raspe's Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels. In this bold new account, the eighteenth century bears witness not to the world's disenchantment but rather to wonder's re-location from the supernatural realm to the empirical world, providing a re-evaluation not only of how we look back at the Enlightenment, but also of how we read today.
The Novel And The Sea
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Author : Margaret Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-08
The Novel And The Sea written by Margaret Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
For a century, the history of the novel has been written in terms of nations and territories: the English novel, the French novel, the American novel. But what if novels were viewed in terms of the seas that unite these different lands? Examining works across two centuries, The Novel and the Sea recounts the novel's rise, told from the perspective of the ship's deck and the allure of the oceans in the modern cultural imagination. Margaret Cohen moors the novel to overseas exploration and work at sea, framing its emergence as a transatlantic history, steeped in the adventures and risks of the maritime frontier. Cohen explores how Robinson Crusoe competed with the best-selling nautical literature of the time by dramatizing remarkable conditions, from the wonders of unknown lands to storms, shipwrecks, and pirates. She considers James Fenimore Cooper's refashioning of the adventure novel in postcolonial America, and a change in literary poetics toward new frontiers and to the maritime labor and technology of the nineteenth century. Cohen shows how Jules Verne reworked adventures at sea into science fiction; how Melville, Hugo, and Conrad navigated the foggy waters of language and thought; and how detective and spy fiction built on sea fiction's problem-solving devices. She also discusses the transformation of the ocean from a theater of skilled work to an environment of pristine nature and the sublime. A significant literary history, The Novel and the Sea challenges readers to rethink their land-locked assumptions about the novel.
The Wreckers A Story Of Killing Seas False Lights And Plundered Ships
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Author : Bella Bathurst
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2010-01-07
The Wreckers A Story Of Killing Seas False Lights And Plundered Ships written by Bella Bathurst and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-07 with History categories.
From the bestselling author of ‘The Lighthouse Stevensons’, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century – and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea.
The Extent Of The Marginal Sea
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Author : Henry Graham Crocker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
The Extent Of The Marginal Sea written by Henry Graham Crocker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Law of the sea categories.
The present volume of views and documents bearing upon the extent of the marginal sea is divided into two sections: Part I contains excerpts from the publications of representative publicists; Part II is a compilation of official documents. The documents in Part II are printed in chronological order under countries in alphabetical order.--Publisher's description.
The Mortal Sea
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Author : W. Jeffrey Bolster
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-08
The Mortal Sea written by W. Jeffrey Bolster and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-08 with History categories.
Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.
The Sea
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Author : John Mack
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-09-15
The Sea written by John Mack and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-15 with History categories.
“There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea,” wrote Joseph Conrad. And there is certainly nothing more integral to the development of the modern world. In The Sea: A Cultural History, John Mack considers those great expanses that both unite and divide us, and the ways in which human beings interact because of the sea, from navigation to colonization to trade. Much of the world’s population lives on or near the cost, and as Mack explains, in a variety of ways, people actually inhabit the sea. The Sea looks at the characteristics of different seas and oceans and investigates how the sea is conceptualized in various cultures. Mack explores the diversity of maritime technologies, especially the practice of navigation and the creation of a society of the sea, which in many cultures is all-male, often cosmopolitan, and always hierarchical. He describes the cultures and the social and technical practices characteristic of seafarers, as well as their distinctive language and customs. As he shows, the separation of sea and land is evident in the use of different vocabularies on land and on sea for the same things, the change in a mariner’s behavior when on land, and in the liminal status of points uniting the two realms, like beaches and ports. Mack also explains how ships are deployed in symbolic contexts on land in ecclesiastical and public architecture. Yet despite their differences, the two realms are always in dialogue in symbolic and economic terms. Casting a wide net, The Sea uses histories, maritime archaeology, biography, art history, and literature to provide an innovative and experiential account of the waters that define our worldly existence.
