Ballast: Laden with History by Burström, Mats

Ballast: Laden with History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789188661227)

Vendor: Mats Burström
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$39.95
$39.95
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Ballast: Laden with History by Burström, Mats

Ballast: Laden with History

$39.95
Ballast: Laden with History by Burström, Mats

Ballast: Laden with History

$39.95
Format: Hardcover
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In Ballast: Laden with History, the archaeologist Mats Burström charts how ship ballast helped to shape the world we live in. Until only very recently, ships were ballasted with sand, gravel, stone, or rubble to give them stability, and when they no longer needed the extra weight, it was dumped. The result was that huge quantities of ballast were shipped to new places and new continents. Ballast was often reused, sometimes in surprising ways. This is the first comprehensive account of ship ballast, so long overlooked, and now finally recognized for its diverse and exciting history.

Author: Mats Burström
ISBN-10: 9188661229
ISBN-13: 9789188661227
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2018
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.70d
By Mats Burström
By Mats Burström
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Mats Burström is professor of Archaeology at Stockholm University, Sweden. He has been instrumental in establishing the archaeological study of the twentieth century as a field of research. His studies within this field include a Nazi propaganda site in Germany, Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba, and personal belongings hidden in the ground in Estonia during the Second World War. His academic work is characterized by general references to art and literature.

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