Ocean

Name: Ocean
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781501348631
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By Dr Steve Mentz

Series: Object Lessons

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Ocean offers a fresh perspective on human history by focusing on the vast, complex world of the sea rather than land. Dr Steve Mentz explores the ocean as the planet's largest object, revealing how it shapes and unsettles our relationship with nature. The book addresses both the beauty and the threats facing oceans today, from plastic pollution to acidification, while weaving in stories from ancient shipwrecks to contemporary maritime commerce. This concise volume invites readers to reconsider familiar histories within the mysterious and ever-changing marine environment.
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This book suits readers with interests in environmental humanities, maritime history, and cultural studies, as well as those drawn to poetic and thoughtful reflections on nature. It will appeal to academics, students, and general readers fascinated by the intersections of human experience and oceanic worlds.

"Emphasizing the frailty of human experience, Steve Mentz's Ocean looks at the largest object on our planet from a fresh perspective"--

Emphasizing the frailty of human experience, Steve Mentz's Ocean looks at the largest object on our planet from a fresh perspective.

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

The ocean comprises the largest object on our planet. Retelling human history from an oceanic rather than terrestrial point of view unsettles our relationship with the natural environment. Our engagement with the world's oceans can be destructive, as with today’s deluge of plastic trash and acidification, but the mismatch between small bodies and vast seas also emphasises the frailty and resilience of human experience.

From ancient stories of shipwrecked sailors to the containerised future of 21st-century commerce, Ocean splashes the histories we thought we knew into salty and unfamiliar places.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

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Praised as a lyrical and scholarly tribute, Ocean is described by The Millions as both "encrusting and fluid." Philip Hoare commends Mentz's ability to gather diverse and glittering insights, calling the work "wild and wonderful." Lynne Cox hails it as a "wondrous read" that makes the vast ecology of oceans accessible through poetry, history, and literature. The book is celebrated for its inventive approach and invigorating intellectual journey.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501348631

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 164.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 184

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Arts & Culture Dr Steve Mentz Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: Object Lessons

About the Author

Steve Mentz is Professor of English at St John’s University, USA. He is the author of four books, including Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550 – 1719 (2015), and the editor of four books. He blogs at The Bookfish (www.stevementz.com).