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A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World

Berry, Stephen Russell, 1970-

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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\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Seafaring life Atlantic Ocean History 18th century. / Merchant ships Passenger accommodation Social aspects. / Transatlantic voyages Social aspects. / HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. / HISTORY / Social History. / HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775). / Ocean travel Social aspects. / Atlantic Ocean Region Emigration and immigration History 18th century.
• ISBN: 9780300204230, 030020423X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
G550.B44 2015	1	BOOK	MAPS