Maritime animals : ships, species, stories / edited by Kaori Nagai.
| Other author | Nagai, Kaori, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023] |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Animalibus ; vol. 22 Animalibus ; . 22. ^A1364600 |
| Contents | Islands, oceans, whaling ships, and the mutable ontologies of the Galápagos tortoise / David Haworth and Lynette Russell -- Shipworms and maritime ecology in the age of sail / Derek Lee Nelson and Adam Sundberg -- Sheep from Cowes : using a shipboard diary to explore animal mobilities / Nancy Cushing -- Weapons, commodities, subjects : stories of horses at sea / Donna Landry -- Repatriating castaways : travel tales of the tuatara / Anna Boswell -- Rattus-homo-machine : rats as seafarers in the nineteenth century / Kaori Nagai -- "Beloved member of our team" : the sled dogs of the St. Roch / Lea Edgar -- The decontextualized deep : fathoming the whale / Jimmy Packham and Laurence Publicover -- The encrusting ocean : life-forms of the spongy wreck / Killian Quigley -- Drifting with snails : stories from Hawaiʻi / Thom van Dooren. |
| Abstract | "Explores nonhuman animals' involvement with human maritime activities in the age of sail, presenting the ship as a place where the ocean and animal species interact in often surprising ways"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| LCCN | 2023002112 |
| ISBN | 9780271095370 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0271095377 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | SF89 .M37 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |