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1 online resource |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Despite the port's prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of 'sailortown' culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and beyond urban-maritime communities. The book's exploration of port town identities and cultures, and its use of a rich array of methodological approaches and cultural artefacts, will make it of great interest to both urban and maritime historians. It also represents a major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of coastal studies. |
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Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors ; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Urban-Maritime Cultures; Representations and Identities; Part I: Urban-Maritime Cultures; Chapter 2: Strangers Ashore: Sailor Identity and Social Conflict in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Cape Town; Bibliography; Chapter 3: 'Hail, Tyneside Lads in Collier Fleets': Song Culture, Sailing and Sailors in North-East England; Sailors and Sailing in Tyneside Song; Robert Gilchrist: Tyneside Sailmaker and 'Broadside Balladeer'; Robert Gilchrist's Maritime Verse; Conclusion. |
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Chapter 6: On the Margins of Empire: Antipodean Port Cities and Imperial Culture c. 1880-1939 The Antipodean Port City and the Built Environment; Political Ties and Popular Imperialism c. 1884-1902; Imperial Loyalty Societies; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Encounters on the Waterfront: Negotiating Identities in the Context of Sailortown Culture; Coffee Breaks and Language Barriers: Interaction at Work; Friends and Enemies; Business as Usual; Harbour-Side Pub: 'A Different World'; Disorder and Criminality; Seagulls and Wharf Angels ; Conclusion; Bibliography. |
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Part II: Representations and IdentitiesChapter 8: Ports and Pilferers: London's Late Georgian Era Docks as Settings for Evolving Material and Criminal Cultures; Criminal Wealth; Rationalising Trade; Pilfering and the Moral Economy of the Docks; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 9: From Jolly Sailor to Proletarian Jack: The Remaking of Sailortown and the Merchant Seafarer in Victorian London; The Remaking of London's Sailortown; The Remaking of the Merchant Sailor; Conclusion; Bibliography. |
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Chapter 10: 'If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar': Leisure and Cultural Nation-ƯBuilding in a Naval Port Town, c. 1850-1928From the Bawdy to the Respectable: The Royal Navy Sailor as a Cultural Icon; 'Unhealthily Exciting' : Leisure Participation in Plymouth's Sailortown; Appropriating the Royal Navy Sailor as a Popular Cultural Symbol; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 11: The Use of 'Local Colour' and History in Promoting the Identity of Port Cities: The Case of Durban, c.1890s-1950s; Bibliography. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Waterfronts -- History.
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City planning -- History.
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Cultural landscapes -- History.
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General & world history. |
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History: specific events & topics. |
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Social & cultural history. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial. |
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City planning |
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Cultural landscapes |
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Waterfronts |
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History
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| Added Author |
Beaven, Brad, editor.
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Bell, Karl, editor.
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James, Robert, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Printed edition: 9781137483157 |
| ISBN |
9781137483164 (electronic bk.) |
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1137483164 (electronic bk.) |
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1137483156 |
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9781137483157 |
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9781137483157 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/978-1-137-48316-4 |
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