{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-the-franziska-torma-9781350451292","title":"A Cultural History of the Sea in the Global Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1972 an image became an icon: 'Blue Marble', a photograph of the Earth as seen from outer space. The picture features prominently the globe's water-covered surface. The ocean connects nature and culture in the modern world. Within the time-span of 100 years, the sea changed its cultural meaning, from a dangerous place to an endangered environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume traces diverse processes of oceanic transformation in the Anthropocene: it follows scientists, seafarers, diplomats and filmmakers from ship-decks to the arenas of political decision making on land. The essays lead from underwater dumping grounds to islands in the south pacific. Tiny organisms like plankton and charismatic megafauna like whales accompanied the human voyages. The presence of the animals challenges common notions of human culture. The global age has to take non-human agents into account to fully understand the cultural history of the seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franziska Torma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350451290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350451292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.65w x 1.00d","brand":"Franziska Torma","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46024894578943,"sku":"9781350451292","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c89d414-27ba-4f26-a519-b8211a0fcea5.jpg?v=1723129473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-the-franziska-torma-9781350451292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}