Van Tilburg Hans Konrad Chinese Junks on the Pacific 9780813049212

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Автор: Van Tilburg Hans Konrad
Название: Chinese Junks on the Pacific
ISBN: 9780813049212
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Археология

Археология исторических периодов / регионов

Антропология

ISBN-10: 0813049210
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 30.07.2013
Серия: Archeology
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 55 black & white illustrations
Размер: 229 x 156 x 19
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Archaeology by period / region,Anthropology
Подзаголовок: Views from a different deck
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Chinese mariners and their incredible craft represent one of the worlds oldest and most advanced seafaring traditions. Chinese Junks on the Pacific is a scholarly and readable examination of the subject and how the Wests mistaken perceptions of Chinas seafarers led to more than a century of neglect and misguided condescension.--James P. Delgado, Vancouver Maritime Museum Van Tilburgs whole-hearted admiration of the achievements of Chinese shipbuilders and sailors underlies . . . his exploration of their role in modern North American and Chinese maritime culture.--Cheryl Ward, Florida State University Beginning in 1905, a handful of traditional Chinese sailing vessels, known as junks, sailed from China to North America across the Pacific. These were some of the last commercial sailing junks of China, most of which had little trouble crossing thousands of miles of ocean on their way to American ports. Crowds welcomed them in Victoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and San Diego, yet often regarded them with a mixture of surprise and contempt as quaint, unwieldy constructions in the fashion of sea monsters and even bizarre objects of fancy. As traveling cultural objects, displaying a variety of gruesome weaponry and other artifacts, some of them served as public floating museums. The arrival of these vessels allowed Western observers to catch a rare glimpse of a little-known yet sophisticated maritime technology and seafaring culture. Van Tilburgs study of this history--the maritime heritage of Chinese junks and their transpacific voyages--examines ten junks, how they were made, why and how they traveled, and how the West received them. Combining historical narrative with ethnology, anthropology, maritime archaeology, and nautical technology, he draws on a wide range of newspaper sources, secondary texts, nautical treatise, archaeological site work, rare historical photos and sketches, and the personal testimony of the sailors themselves to examine these vessels not only as transport vehicles but as complex cultural artifacts that speak of a distant seafaring past and intimate cultural ties to the sea. While attention to maritime China has focused primarily on periods versus centuries, Chinese Junks on the Pacific is the story behind the traditional Chinese vessels of the 19th century and how the West misunderstood them. Accessible reading, this book will appeal to scholars of Asian seafaring and archaeology, sailing aficionados drawn to the junks form and sailing qualities, and those interested in Chinese-American interactions and encounters. Hans Konrad Van Tilburg, maritime heritage coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Marine Sanctuary Program in the Pacific Islands Region, has also served as an instructor in maritime archaeology and history at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Chinese Junks on the Pacific, Van Tilburg Hans Konrad