The Sea: Nature and Culture

The Sea: Nature and Culture
ISBN-10
1789144868
ISBN-13
9781789144864
Series
The Sea
Category
Science
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2021-10-13
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Author
Richard Hamblyn

Description

Sailing across time and geography, the imaginary and the real, The Sea chronicles the many physical and cultural meanings of the watery abyss. This book explores the sea and its meanings from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics, from Atlantis to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Richard Hamblyn traces a cultural and geographical journey from estuary to abyss, beginning with the topographies of the shoreline and ending with the likely futures of our maritime environments. Along the way he considers the sea as a site of work and endurance; of story and song; of language, leisure, and longing. By meditating on the sea as both a physical and a cultural presence, the book shines new light on the sea and its indelible place in the human imagination.

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