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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Yale Univ Pr
Publication date
January 13, 2015
Pages
320
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780300204230
ISBN-10
030020423X
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
Original list price
$40.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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A vivid and revealing portrait of shipboard life as experienced by eighteenth-century migrants from Europe to the New World
In October 1735, James Oglethorpeâs Georgia Expedition set sail from London, bound for Georgia. Two hundred and twenty-seven passengers boarded two merchant ships accompanied by a British naval vessel and began a transformative voyage across the Atlantic that would last nearly five months. Chronicling their passage in journals, letters, and other accounts, the migrants described the challenges of physical confinement, the experiences of living closely with people from different regions, religions, and classes, and the multi-faceted character of the ocean itself.
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Using their specific journey as his narrative arc, Stephen Berryâs A Path in the Mighty Waters tells the broader and heretofore underexplored story of how people experienced their crossings to the New World in the eighteenth century. During this time, hundreds of thousands of Europeansâmainly Irish and Germanâcrossed the Atlantic as part of their martial, mercantile, political, or religious calling. Histories of these migrations, however, have often erased the ocean itself, giving priority to activities performed on solid ground. Reframing these histories, Berry shows how 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 travelersâ processes of collective identification. Shipboard life, serving as a profound conversion experience for travelers both spiritually and culturally, resembled the conditions of a frontier or border zone where the chaos of pure possibility encountered an inner need for stability and continuity, producing permutations on existing beliefs.
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Drawing on an impressive array of archival collections, Berryâs vivid and rich account reveals the crucial role the Atlantic played in history and how it has lingered in American memory as a defining experience.
In October 1735, James Oglethorpeâs Georgia Expedition set sail from London, bound for Georgia. Two hundred and twenty-seven passengers boarded two merchant ships accompanied by a British naval vessel and began a transformative voyage across the Atlantic that would last nearly five months. Chronicling their passage in journals, letters, and other accounts, the migrants described the challenges of physical confinement, the experiences of living closely with people from different regions, religions, and classes, and the multi-faceted character of the ocean itself.
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Using their specific journey as his narrative arc, Stephen Berryâs A Path in the Mighty Waters tells the broader and heretofore underexplored story of how people experienced their crossings to the New World in the eighteenth century. During this time, hundreds of thousands of Europeansâmainly Irish and Germanâcrossed the Atlantic as part of their martial, mercantile, political, or religious calling. Histories of these migrations, however, have often erased the ocean itself, giving priority to activities performed on solid ground. Reframing these histories, Berry shows how 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 travelersâ processes of collective identification. Shipboard life, serving as a profound conversion experience for travelers both spiritually and culturally, resembled the conditions of a frontier or border zone where the chaos of pure possibility encountered an inner need for stability and continuity, producing permutations on existing beliefs.
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Drawing on an impressive array of archival collections, Berryâs vivid and rich account reveals the crucial role the Atlantic played in history and how it has lingered in American memory as a defining experience.
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Hardcover
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from Yale Univ Pr (January 13, 2015); titled "A Path in the Mighty Waters: Shipboard Life & Atlantic Crossings to the New World"
9780300204230 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $40.00
About: A vivid and revealing portrait of shipboard life as experienced by eighteenth-century migrants from Europe to the New World In October 1735, James Oglethorpeâs Georgia Expedition set sail from London, bound for Georgia.
About: A vivid and revealing portrait of shipboard life as experienced by eighteenth-century migrants from Europe to the New World In October 1735, James Oglethorpeâs Georgia Expedition set sail from London, bound for Georgia.
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