Verfasst von:	Smith, Jason W. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	To master the boundless sea
Titelzusatz:	the U.S. Navy, the Marine environment and the cartography of Empire
Verf.angabe:	Jason W. Smith
Verlagsort:	Chapel Hill
Verlag:	The University of North Carolina Press
E-Jahr:	2018
Jahr:	[2018]
Umfang:	269 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Flows, migrations, and exchanges
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index
Schrift/Sprache:	Engl.
ISBN:	978-1-4696-4044-0
Abstract:	"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"--
Schlagwörter:	(k)USA / Navy    / (z)Geschichte 1800-1914
	(g)USA    / (k)USA / Navy    / (s)Meereskunde    / (s)Kartografie    / (s)Seekarte    / (z)Geschichte 1800-1914
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	NP 6025
	ZI 9770
K10plus-PPN:	1640228896