TY  - BOOK
AU  - Winchester, Simon
TI  - PACIFIC: Ocean of the Future
SN  - 9780007550777
U1  - 910 
PY  - 2015////01/01
CY  -  United Kingdom
PB  -  HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Geography-Travel
KW  - Winchester, Simon -- Travel
KW  - Pacific Ocean -- Geography
KW  - Pacific Ocean -- Civilization
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world s largest body of water, and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook and his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson and Admiral Halsey. It is the place of Paul Gauguin and the explosion of the largest-ever American atomic bomb, on Bikini atoll, in 1951. It has an astonishing recent past, an uncertain present and a hugely important future. The ocean and its peoples are the new lifeblood, fizz and thrill of America - which draws so many of its minds and so much of its manners from the sea - while the inexorable rise of the ancient center of the world, China, is a fixating fascination. The presence of rogue states - North Korea most notoriously today - suggest that the focus of the responsible world is shifting away from the conventional post-war obsessions with Europe and the Middle East, and towards a new set of urgencies. Navigating the newly evolving patterns of commerce and trade, the world s most violent weather and the fascinating histories, problems and potentials of the many Pacific states, Simon Winchester s thrilling journey is a grand depiction of the future ocean.
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