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A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World
- Title
- A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World / Stephen R. Berry.
- Author
- Berry, Stephen Russell, 1970-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-5966 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousands of Europeans who journeyed in search of a better life. Stephen Berry shows how the ships, on which passengers were contained in close quarters for months at a time, operated as compressed "frontiers," where diverse groups encountered one another and established new patterns of social organization. As he argues that experiences aboard ship served as a profound conversion experience for travelers, both spiritually and culturally, Berry reframes the history of Atlantic migrations, giving the ocean and the ship a more prominent role in Atlantic history. The ocean was more than a backdrop for human events: it actively shaped historical experiences by furnishing a dissociative break from normal patterns of life and a formative stage in travelers' processes of collective identification"--
- Subjects
- HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
- HISTORY / Social History
- Ocean travel > Social aspects
- Merchant ships > Passenger accommodation > Social aspects
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Emigratie
- Transatlantic voyages > Social aspects
- Seafaring life > Atlantic Ocean > History > 18th century
- Atlantische Oceaan
- Zeereizen
- Atlantic Ocean Region > Emigration and immigration > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-5966
- ISBN
- 9780300204230 (hardback)
- 030020423X (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2014017670
- OCLC
- 877369858
- Author
- Berry, Stephen Russell, 1970-
- Title
- A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World / Stephen R. Berry.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-5966