Global ocean of knowledge, 1660-1860 : globalization and maritime knowledge in the Atlantic world / Karel Davids.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Globalization, knowledge and the Atlantic world: Key issues ; Globalization ; Knowledge ; The Atlantic world, c. 1660-1860 ; Globalizing forces ; Approach and argument -- Part I Globalizing forces and the growth of maritime knowledge in the Atlantic world, c. 1660-1730 -- Globalizing forces and the growth of maritime knowledge -- Machines and the making of infrastructure -- Self-organization and social networks -- Growing maritime knowledge and globalization -- Designing ships, navigating the ocean and probing the depths -- Observing living creatures in and above the water -- Keeping the humans on board alive -- Part II Maritime knowledge and globalization in the Atlantic world, c. 1730-1800 -- The maritime knowledge supporting globalization -- Faster ships -- Improving the chances of survival: Mortality and health care -- The globalizing forces supporting maritime knowledge -- Imperial and commercial machines and the growth of infrastructure for maritime knowledge -- Self-organized networks and the circulation of maritime knowledge -- Part III The reshaping of the Atlantic world and the collectivization of maritime knowledge, c. 1800-60 -- Maritime knowledge and globalization: Advances and lags -- Increasing speed, lagging safety -- Improving the chances of survival: Mortality and health care -- Growing harvests from the sea: Fishing, sealing and whaling -- Globalizing forces and the collectivization of maritime knowledge -- Imperial machines, infrastructure and the circulation of maritime knowledge -- Self-organization, infrastructure and the circulation of maritime knowledge.

"This book looks to fill the 'blue hole' in Global History by studying the role of the oceans themselves in the creation, development, reproduction and adaptation of knowledge across the Atlantic world. It shows how globalisation and the growth of maritime knowledge served to reinforce one another, and demonstrates how and why maritime history should be put firmly at the heart of global history. Exploring the dynamics of globalisation, knowledge-making and European expansion, Global Ocean of Knowledge takes a transnational approach and transgresses the traditional border between the early modern and modern periods. It focuses on three main periodisations, which correspond with major transformations in the globalisation of the Atlantic World, and analyses how and to what extent globalisation forces from above and from below influenced the development and exchange of knowledge. Davids distinguishes three forms of globalising forces 'from above'; imperial, commercial and religious, alongside self-organisation, the globalising force 'from below'. Exploring how globalisation advanced and its relationship with knowledge changed over time, this book bridges global, maritime, intellectual and economic history to reflect on the role of the oceans in making the world a more connected place."-- Provided by publisher

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