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To master the boundless sea : the U.S. Navy, the marine environment, and the cartography of empire
- Title
- To master the boundless sea : the U.S. Navy, the marine environment, and the cartography of empire / Jason W. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Jason W. (Jason Wirth), 1982-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 269 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, notions like 'sea power' derived not only from fleets, bases, and decisive battles, but also from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of the twentieth, Jason W. Smith tells the story of the rise of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of exploration, naval officers, war, and, most significantly, the ocean environment, Smith draws together insights from environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the history of science and cartography, placing the U.S. Navy's scientific efforts within a broader cultural context"--
- Series Statement
- Flows, migrations, and exchanges
- Uniform Title
- Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Naval history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The Boundless Sea; 1. Wilderness of Waters; 2. Empire of Commerce and Science; 3. The Common Highway; 4. Conquering Old Ocean; 5. 'Twixt the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; 6. Making War upon the Chart; Epilogue: Controlling the Great Common; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1504
- ISBN
- 9781469640440
- 1469640449
- LCCN
- 2017045197
- OCLC
- 1004848934
- Author
- Smith, Jason W. (Jason Wirth), 1982- author.
- Title
- To master the boundless sea : the U.S. Navy, the marine environment, and the cartography of empire / Jason W. Smith.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Flows, migrations, and exchangesFlows, migrations, and exchanges.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1504