A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World / Stephen R. Berry.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780300210255
- 0300210256
- Seafaring life -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 18th century
- Merchant ships -- Passenger accommodation -- Social aspects
- Transatlantic voyages -- Social aspects
- Ocean travel -- Social aspects
- Atlantic Ocean Region -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century
- Vie en mer -- Atlantique, Océan -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Cargos mixtes -- Aspect social
- Voyages transatlantiques -- Aspect social
- Atlantique, Région de l' -- Émigration et immigration -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century
- HISTORY -- Social History
- HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography
- TRAVEL -- Budget
- TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks
- TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
- TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds
- Emigration and immigration
- Seafaring life
- Social aspects
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean Region
- Schiffsreise
- Atlantischer Ozean
- Zeereizen
- Emigratie
- Atlantische Oceaan
- 1700-1799
- 910.9163/09033 23
- G550 .B44 2015eb
- 55.41
- HIS037050 | HIS054000 | HIS036020
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"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"-- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Charting Courses -- CHAPTER ONE: Embarkation -- CHAPTER TWO: Sea Legs -- CHAPTER THREE: Shipmates -- CHAPTER FOUR: Unbroken Horizons -- CHAPTER FIVE: Crossing Lines -- CHAPTER SIX: Tedium -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Tempests -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Land Ho! -- CONCLUSIONL: The Journey On -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W
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