America's Ocean Wilderness : A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration / Gary Kroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kroll, Gary, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naturalists--United States--Biography--History.

Naturalists.

Explorers--United States--Biography--History.

Explorers.

Underwater exploration--United States--History.

Underwater exploration.

Discoveries in science--United States--History.

Discoveries in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2008]

Summary:

Examines a handful of famous ocean explorers and naturalists-including Jacque Cousteau, Thor Heyerdahl, and Rachel Carson, among others-to demonstrate how their work helped shape the way many Americans would think about, and interact with, the ocean.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Oceanic Hunting Grounds of Roy Chapman Andrews

2. Robert Cushman Murphy and the Natural History of Ocean Islands

3. Sensational Management: William Beebe and the Natural History of the Ocean Sublime

4. Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us: The Construction of Oceancentrism

5. Eugenie Clark and Postwar Ocean Ichthyology: Gender, Oceanic Natural History, and the Domestication of the Ocean Frontier

6. Technophobia and Technophilia in the Oceanic Commons: Thor Heyerdahl and Jacques Cousteau During the American Cold War

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700628933

0700628932