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America's Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration
Gary Kroll
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Description for America's Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration
Hardcover. From whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to "tiki bars," the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier. This work presents a cultural history of America's exploration of the ocean and critically analyzes the legacies of seven marine explorers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: RBKC; RGR; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
From whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to ""tiki bars,"" the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier. And as contemporary explorers have discovered a new wilderness in the world's oceans, their depictions of the depths have influenced how we view these largely uncharted realms.""America's Ocean Wilderness"" is a cultural history of America's exploration of the ocean and the first book to critically analyze the legacies of seven marine explorers. Assessing work that often straddles professional science and popular culture, Gary Kroll examines the different perspectives a handful of scientists and naturalists - Jacques Cousteau, Thor ... Read more
From whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to ""tiki bars,"" the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier. And as contemporary explorers have discovered a new wilderness in the world's oceans, their depictions of the depths have influenced how we view these largely uncharted realms.""America's Ocean Wilderness"" is a cultural history of America's exploration of the ocean and the first book to critically analyze the legacies of seven marine explorers. Assessing work that often straddles professional science and popular culture, Gary Kroll examines the different perspectives a handful of scientists and naturalists - Jacques Cousteau, Thor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615674
SKU
V9780700615674
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About Gary Kroll
Gary Kroll is assistant professor of history at SUNY Plattsburgh and coauthor of Exploration and Science: Social Impact and Interaction.
Reviews for America's Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration
Kroll's thesis - that the abuse and degradation of the world ocean is a direct consequence of the propensity of American explorers to promote the notions of an ocean wilderness and ocean frontier - is disturbing and thought-provoking. A compelling work. Cindy Lee Van Dover, author of Deep-Ocean Journeys ""The ocean is an idea, and the history of that idea ... Read more