David Igler (University of Californ Associate Professor of History

Great Ocean

Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush

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Produktbeschreibung

A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780190498757
• ISBN-10: 0190498757
• Artikelnr.: 47864064

Autorenporträt

David Igler is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His books include Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920 and The Human Tradition in California.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ocean Worlds
1. Seas of Commerce
2. Disease, Sex, and Indigenous Depopulation
3. Hostages and Captives
4. The Great Hunt
5. Naturalists and Natives in the Great Ocean
6. Assembling the Pacific
Conclusion: When East Became West
Notes
Bibliography
Index