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America and the Sea: A Maritime History (American Maritime Library)
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by Benjamin W. Laberee et al.
Sales Rank: 127594
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List Price: $65.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 696 pages
Published by: Mystic Seaport Museum Publications July 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0913372811
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0913372814
Book Dimensions:
12 x 8.8 x 2 inches
Weighs: 5 pounds
From Library Journal
Compiled by six eminent marine historians in conjunction with Mystic Seaport (CT), this unique history of the United States from the waterfront aims to enhance understanding of the sea's influence on American life. Most historians ignore or are ignorant of the influence of the sea. These experts masterfully cover the complex subject of how the sea, lakes, and canals have been intimately involved in all of U.S. history. They tell a complex tale of early explorers, fishermen, merchant sailors, the navy, coastal trade, the steamboats, canals, industry, and commerce allied to the sea. This very detailed and gorgeously written book can be understood by any adult with an interest in American history. Abundantly illustrated with photos, graphs, and full-color maps, this is essential for all libraries.?Stanley Itkin, Hillside P.L., New Hyde Park, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This hefty work, the collaborative effort of six leading maritime historians, covers seafaring Americans from colonial times to the late 1990s in a combination of narrative text, vignettes, quotations from primary sources, and extensive and well-chosen illustrations. Historiographically up to date, it notes the roles of women and minorities, the role of American maritime activity in developing American industry and vice versa, and much more, including the traditional repertoire of the romantic teller of sea stories. The authors' grasp of their subject and the book's relative paucity of academic jargon help convey the excitement of seafaring and its history, if not always its romance. Whether intended as such, the book amounts to the best textbook on American maritime history within memory. It has something of value for every kind of reader, from those who own half the books in its great bibliography to those whose interest in ships and the sea dates from their first viewing of a certain recent motion-picture maritime disaster. Roland Green
Reader Reviews
"America and the Sea" is a magnificent study of our maritime history. It is magnificent in breadth starting with Norse settlements in North America and continuing through the end of the 20th Century. It is magnificent in depth as it delves deeply into key areas of historical importance. With numerous vignettes, the authors are joined by others in capturing detailed views of people and events that make history come alive. It is magnificent in presentation as it uses colorful illustrations and pictures, many with captions that are history lessons in themselves. Writen by several of our nation's pre-eminent maritime scholars, "America and the Sea" successfully blends together our naval history with the more traditional view of maritime history. While handsome (and large) enough to be a coffee-table book, it would be a shame if that were its only use. "America and the Sea" should be read time and time again by all who have an interes! t in our nation's history.
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