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Off shore, perspectives on atlantic pleasure travel since the 19th century, edited by Birgit Braasch and Claudia Müller

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Off shore, perspectives on atlantic pleasure travel since the 19th century, edited by Birgit Braasch and Claudia Müller

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Off shore

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bibliography

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1161858977

Responsibility statement

edited by Birgit Braasch and Claudia Müller

Series statement

Atlantic cultural studies;, 12

Sub title

perspectives on atlantic pleasure travel since the 19th century

Table Of Contents

Conté: Introduction / Birgit Braasch and Claudia Müller -- By water / Casey Orr -- The superliner and liminal space / Emma E. Roberts -- Frocks versus guns: sailing the South Atlantic in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict / Jo Stanley -- "Even being idle has to be learned" -- Overcoming liminality on atlantic passenger ships, 1840-1920s -- War crossings: the American GI as transatlantic traveler during the Second World War / Mark D. Van Ells -- The experience of a lifetime: Lydia DeGuio's journey across the North Atlantic / Birgit Braasch -- A floating carnival: P.G. Wodehouse and the atlantic crossing / Eric Sandberg -- Menageries at sea: animals and trans-atlantic travel in 1940 / Stephanie Beck Cohen -- Innocence abroad / Lynn Bloom -- Conclusion / Birgit Braasch and Claudia Müller

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