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BL
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| Record Number
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626780
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Berry, Stephen Russell,1970-
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| Title & Author
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A path in the mighty waters : : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World /\ Stephen R. Berry.
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xiv, 320 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780300204230
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: 030020423X
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : charting courses -- Embarkation -- Sea legs -- Shipmates -- Unbroken horizons -- Crossing lines -- Tedium -- Tempests -- Land ho! -- Conclusion : the journey on.
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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| Subject
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Seafaring life-- Atlantic Ocean-- History-- 18th century.
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Merchant ships-- Passenger accommodation-- Social aspects.
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Transatlantic voyages-- Social aspects.
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Ocean travel-- Social aspects.
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Atlantic Ocean Region, Emigration and immigration, History, 18th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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910.9163/09033
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| LC Classification
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G550.B44 2015
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