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Author Berry, Stephen Russell, 1970-

Title A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World / Stephen R. Berry
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015

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Contents 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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Seafaring life -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 18th century
Merchant ships -- Passenger accommodation -- Social aspects
Transatlantic voyages -- Social aspects
Ocean travel -- Social aspects
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
Schiffsreise
Zeereizen.
Emigratie.
SUBJECT Atlantic Ocean Region -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century
Subject Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean Region
Atlantischer Ozean
Atlantische Oceaan.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300210255
0300210256