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Port Towns and Urban Cultures: International Histories of the Waterfront, c.1700-2000
Brad Beaven (Ed.)
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Description for Port Towns and Urban Cultures: International Histories of the Waterfront, c.1700-2000
Hardback. Editor(s): Beaven, Brad; Bell, Karl; James, Robert. Num Pages: 289 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Despite the port's prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of `sailortown' culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and ... Read more
Despite the port's prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of `sailortown' culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137483157
SKU
V9781137483157
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99-15
About Brad Beaven (Ed.)
Brad Beaven is Reader in Social and Cultural History at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has written widely on British popular culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is the author of two monographs, Leisure, Citizenship and Working Class Men, 1850-1945 and Visions of Empire. Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 1870-1939. ... Read more
Reviews for Port Towns and Urban Cultures: International Histories of the Waterfront, c.1700-2000
This book focuses on two core themes: the nature of urban maritime cultures; and representations of port towns. ... Scholars from a wide range of disciplines, from maritime and port studies to architecture, geography and ethnography, make this rich collection of essays a valued contribution to interdisciplinary port and maritime studies. ... This collection of studies is highly recommended ... ... Read more