Coral Lives : : Literature, Labor, and the Making of America / / Michele Currie Navakas.
A literary and cultural history of coral—as an essential element of the marine ecosystem, a personal ornament, a global commodity, and a powerful political metaphorToday, coral and the human-caused threats to coral reef ecosystems symbolize our ongoing planetary crisis. In the nineteenth century, co...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 10 color. 34 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. The Global Biography of Early American Coral
- 2. “Labors of the Coral”
- 3. Fathomless Forms of Life
- 4. Coral Collectives
- 5. Red Coral, Black Atlantic
- Coda. Coral Temporalities
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index