Sea Currents in Nineteenth-Century Art, Science and Culture - Commodifying the Ocean World

Kathleen Davidson (Editor); Charissa N. Terranova (Series edited by); Molly Duggins (Editor); Meredith Tromble (Series edited by)

How did scientists, artists, designers, manufacturers and amateur enthusiasts experience and value the sea and its products? Examining the commoditization of the ocean world during the nineteenth century, this book demonstrates how the transaction of oceanic objects inspired a multifaceted material disc...