The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space (Routledge International Handbooks)

Synopsis

Invisible as the seas and oceans may be for so many of us, life as we know it is almost always connected to, and constituted by, activities and occurrences that take place in, on and under our oceans. The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space provides a first port of call for scholars engaging in the ‘oceanic turn’ in the social sciences, offering a comprehensive summary of existing trends in making sense of our water worlds, alongside new, agenda-setting insights into the relationships between society and the ‘seas around us’.　 Accordingly, this ambitious text not only attends to a growing interest in our oceans, past and present; it is also situated in a broader spatial turn across the social sciences that seeks to account for how space and place are imbricated in socio-cultural and political life. Through six clearly structured and wide-ranging sections, The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space examines and interrogates how the oceans are environmental, historical, social, cultural, political, legal and economic spaces, and also zones where national and international security comes into question.　 With a foreword and introduction authored by some of the leading scholars researching and writing about ocean spaces, alongside 31 further, carefully crafted chapters from established as well as early career academics, this book provides both an accessible guide to the subject and a cutting-edge collection of critical ideas and questions shaping the social sciences today. This handbook brings together the key debates defining the ‘field’ in one volume, appealing to a wide, cross-disciplinary social science and humanities audience. Moreover, drawing on a range of international examples, from a global collective of authors, this book promises to be the benchmark publication for those interested in ocean spaces, past and present. Indeed, as the seas and oceans continue to capture world-wide attention, and the social sciences continue their seaward ‘turn’, The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space will provide an invaluable resource that reveals how our world is a water world.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

442 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351619660

Related ISBNs:

9781032259208, 9781138084803, 9781315111643

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/29/22

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Kimberley Peters, Jon Anderson, Andrew Davies and Philip Steinberg

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Reference, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kimberley Peters

Edited by:

Jon Anderson

Edited by:

Andrew Davies

Edited by:

Philip Steinberg