Journal article
Introduction: Coastal Studies for an Age of Sail
Eighteenth-century studies, Vol.59(1), pp.1-12
09/2025
DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2025.a973961
Abstract
This introduction proposes the coast, where ecological, political, and aesthetic forces converge, as a critical site for understanding eighteenth-century culture. By tracing the various ways coasts were mapped, engineered, represented, and contested, it outlines the interdisciplinary relations between eighteenth-century studies and the emerging field of coastal studies. It also highlights the coast’s dual role as infrastructure and metaphor in shaping global and local histories as well as literary forms.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Introduction: Coastal Studies for an Age of Sail
- Creators
- Alexander DickEric Gidal
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Eighteenth-century studies, Vol.59(1), pp.1-12
- DOI
- 10.1353/ecs.2025.a973961
- ISSN
- 1086-315X
- eISSN
- 1086-315X
- Publisher
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2025
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; English
- Record Identifier
- 9985024252402771
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