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  1. W. Jeffrey Bolster - Black Jacks, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Black Jacks

    African American Seamen in the Age of Sail

    Av W. Jeffrey Bolster

    Häftad, 1998

    200 kr

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    Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both …

  2. W. Jeffrey Bolster - Mortal Sea, Häftad. Tillgänglighet: Lägg i varukorg

    Mortal Sea

    Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

    Av W. Jeffrey Bolster

    Häftad, 2014

    265 kr

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    Winner of the Bancroft PrizeA sweeping environmental history of the North Atlantic, The Mortal Sea reveals how centuries of fishing turned a rich ocean into an “exhausted sea” and offers a powerful cautionary tale about our precarious relationship with the natural world. Since the Viking ascendancy …