In my last posting, I stated that coastal history already has some characteristic themes, concerns, and subject matter, and promised to offer examples. This may seem an odd claim for a subfield that is so new. The overall thesis behind this blog, though, is that plenty of people are doing coastal history already and don’t […]
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The Coastal History Blog 2: “What Makes Coastal History Distinct?” (part 1 of 2)
I’ve been asked for my thoughts on this one: Is coastal history an offshoot of maritime approaches, or a distinct approach in its own right? I’m a little reluctant to answer. It’s early days yet for coastal history, so I’m not sure we know whether it passes muster as “a distinct approach.” A popular […]
The Coastal History Blog 1: “What is the ‘coast’ in coastal history?”
I would like to thank the kind people @PortPTUC for hosting this blog and giving me an opportunity to think out loud about issues that have been puzzling me for twenty years now. I plan to post every two weeks or so. Later entries will not be this lengthy, but today I wanted to sketch […]
Coastal Approaches to Sailors and Sailortowns
Historiographical debates surrounding sailors and sailortowns, has often focussed heavily on Atlantic contexts and seldom have they been considered beyond this, with sailors and sailortowns often viewed as ‘separate’ to land.[1] However, new research has highlighted the extent to which sailors and sailortowns were as much a part of urban settings as they were maritime […]
