Combining history with ethnology, anthropology, maritime archaeology, and nautical technology, Van Tilburg provides a window into the lives of Chinese seafarers, their transpacific experiences, and a critical look at our own crosscultural perceptions. He draws on a wide range of newspaper sources, secondary texts, nautical treatises, archaeological site work, rare historical photos and sketches, and the personal testimony of the sailors themselves to view these junks not only as transport vehicles but as complex cultural artifacts that “speak” of a distant seafaring past and intimate cultural ties to the sea.
Combining history with ethnology, anthropology, maritime archaeology, and nautical technology, Van Tilburg provides a window into the lives of Chinese seafarers, their transpacific experiences, and a critical look at our own crosscultural perceptions. He draws on a wide range of newspaper sources, secondary texts, nautical treatises, archaeological site work, rare historical photos and sketches, and the personal testimony of the sailors themselves to view these junks not only as transport vehicles but as complex cultural artifacts that “speak” of a distant seafaring past and intimate cultural ties to the sea.
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Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck
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Chinese Junks on the Pacific: Views from a Different Deck
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813049212 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
Publication date: | 11/19/2013 |
Series: | New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology |
Pages: | 292 |
Sales rank: | 504,987 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d) |