{"product_id":"great-ocean-pacific-worlds-from-captain-cook-to-the-gold-rush-9780199914951","title":"Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush","description":"The Pacific of the early eighteenth century was not a single ocean but a vast and varied waterscape, a place of baffling complexity, with 25,000 islands and seemingly endless continental shorelines. But with the voyages of Captain James Cook, global attention turned to the Pacific, and\u003cbr\u003eEuropean and American dreams of scientific exploration, trade, and empire grew dramatically. By the time of the California gold rush, the Pacific's many shores were fully integrated into world markets-and world consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e draws on hundreds of documented voyages--some painstakingly recorded by participants, some only known by archeological remains or indigenous memory--as a window into the commercial, cultural, and ecological upheavals following Cook's exploits, focusing in particular on the eastern\u003cbr\u003ePacific in the decades between the 1770s and the 1840s. Beginning with the expansion of trade as seen via the travels of William Shaler, captain of the American Brig \u003cem\u003eLelia Byrd\u003c\/em\u003e, historian David Igler uncovers a world where voyagers, traders, hunters, and native peoples met one another in episodes\u003cbr\u003eoften marked by violence and tragedy. Igler describes how indigenous communities struggled against introduced diseases that cut through the heart of their communities; how the ordeal of Russian Timofei Tarakanov typified the common practice of taking hostages and prisoners; how Mary Brewster\u003cbr\u003ewitnessed first-hand the bloody great hunt that decimated otters, seals, and whales; how Adelbert von Chamisso scoured the region, carefully compiling his notes on natural history; and how James Dwight Dana rivaled Charles Darwin in his pursuit of knowledge on a global scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories--and the historical themes that tie them together--offer a fresh perspective on the oceanic worlds of the eastern Pacific. Ambitious and broadly conceived, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to weave together American, oceanic, and world history in a path-breaking portrait of the\u003cbr\u003ePacific world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Igler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199914951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Igler \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His books include \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Cowboys: Miller \u0026amp; Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Human Tradition in California. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937670316147,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f8e8f865-4166-4e1c-ac8d-7a0bb97d7223.jpg?v=1647995444","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/great-ocean-pacific-worlds-from-captain-cook-to-the-gold-rush-9780199914951","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}