To master the boundless sea the U.S. Navy, the Marine environment and the cartography of Empire
"As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, sea power derived not from fleets, bases, and decisive battles but from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of th...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Flows, migrations, and exchanges
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, sea power derived not from fleets, bases, and decisive battles but from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of the twentieth, Jason W. Smith tells the story of the rise of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of exploration, naval officers, war, and, most significantly, the ocean environment, Smith draws together insights from environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the history of science and cartography, placing the U.S. Navy's scientific efforts within a broader cultural context"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 269 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781469640440 978-1-4696-4044-0 |