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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783110759914
035 _a(DE-B1597)589900
035 _a(OCoLC)1374541000
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_beng
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082 0 4 _a338.37295096
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSchürmann, Felix
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Grey Undercurrent :
_bWhalers and Littoral Societies at the Deep Beaches of Africa (1770–1920) /
_cFelix Schürmann.
264 1 _aMünchen ;
_aWien :
_bDe Gruyter Oldenbourg,
_c[2023]
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a1 online resource (VII, 565 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments to the First edition --
_tAcknowledgments to the English edition --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction: Outward bound --
_tPassages I: Hunting whales off the coast of Africa --
_tIntroduction --
_t1 From whaling ground to trading port: Walvis Bay, 1780–1860 --
_t2 Discord magnified: Delagoa Bay, 1780–1845 --
_tPassages II: Experiencing the world aboard a whaler --
_tIntroduction --
_t3 A stabilising flow of goods: Saint Augustin, Madagascar, 1830–1860 --
_t4 Provisioning as a power resource: Mutsamudu, Anjouan, 1835–1890 --
_t5 Promise and endeavour: Port Louis, Mauritius, 1789–1878 --
_tPassages III: Going ashore --
_tIntroduction --
_t6 Under the sign of abolition: Cabinda, 1850–1855 --
_t7 The emergence of a west African whaling community: San Antonio, Annobón, 1825–1950 --
_t8 Whaleships into migration vehicles: Furna, Brava, 1770–1920 --
_tConclusion: Homeward bound --
_tArchival Sources --
_tPublished Sources --
_tReferences --
_tVessels Index --
_tPlaces Index
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aBy extending their voyages to all oceans from the 1760s onward, whaling vessels from North America and Europe spanned a novel net of hunting grounds, maritime routes, supply posts, and transport chains across the globe. For obtaining provisions, cutting firewood, recruiting additional men, and transshipping whale products, these highly mobile hunters regularly frequented coastal places and islands along their routes, which were largely determined by the migratory movements of their prey. American-style pelagic whaling thus constituted a significant, though often overlooked factor in connecting people and places between distant world regions during the long nineteenth century. Focusing on Africa, this book investigates side-effects resulting from stopovers by whalers for littoral societies on the economic, social, political, and cultural level. For this purpose it draws on eight local case studies, four from Africa’s west coast and four from its east coast. In the overall picture, the book shows a broad range of effects and side-effects of different forms and strengths, which it figures as a "grey undercurrent" of global history.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
650 0 _aWhaling
_zAfrica
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aWhaling
_zAfrica
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aWhaling
_zAfrica
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWhaling.
650 4 _aAfrika.
650 4 _aGlobalgeschichte.
650 4 _aSeefahrt.
650 4 _aWalfang.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Africa / General.
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653 _aConnectivity.
653 _aLittoral Societies.
653 _aMaritime History.
653 _aTrans-Oceanic Entanglement.
653 _aWhaling.
653 _asubaltern Mobility.
700 1 _aKroll, Joe Paul
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110759914
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