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The Edwin Fox - How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914
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The Edwin Fox - How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914
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It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vessel—in a
word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of
steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday
merchant ship drew together a changing world and its people in an
extraordinary age of rising empires, sweeping economic
transformation, and social change. This fascinating work of global
history offers a vividly detailed and engaging narrative of
globalization writ small, viewed from the decks and holds of a
single vessel. The Edwin Fox connected the lives and histories of
millions, though most never even saw it. Built in Calcutta in 1853,
the Edwin Fox was chartered by the British navy as a troop
transport during the Crimean War. In the following decades, it was
sold, recommissioned, and refitted by an increasingly far-flung
constellation of militaries and merchants. It sailed to exotic
ports carrying luxury goods, mundane wares, and all kinds of
people: not just soldiers and officials but indentured laborers
brought from China to Cuba, convicts and settlers being transported
from the British Empire to western Australia and New Zealand—with
dire consequences for local Indigenous peoples—and others. But
the power of this story rests in the everyday ways people, nations,
economies, and ideas were knitted together in this foundational era
of our modern world. Readers will never see globalization the same
way again.
General
Imprint: |
The University of North Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Boyd Cothran
• Adrian Shubert
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4696-7655-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4696-7655-9 |
Barcode: |
9781469676555 |
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