Please God Send Me a Wreck: Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community

This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term econ...

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Những tác giả chính: Duncan, Brad, Gibbs, Martin
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-586382023-11-11T06:14:14Z Please God Send Me a Wreck: Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community Duncan, Brad Gibbs, Martin 19th century History Australia Shipwreck victims Social aspects Salvage Shipwrecks This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors. 2015-09-30T06:59:18Z 2015-09-30T06:59:18Z 2015 Book 978-1-4939-2642-8 978-1-4939-2641-1 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58638 en application/pdf Springer
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topic 19th century
History
Australia
Shipwreck victims
Social aspects
Salvage
Shipwrecks
spellingShingle 19th century
History
Australia
Shipwreck victims
Social aspects
Salvage
Shipwrecks
Duncan, Brad
Gibbs, Martin
Please God Send Me a Wreck: Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community
description This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors.
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