Mainsheet Issue 2: Maritime Technologies,Livelihoods and Economies

Pub Date: 12/2024

Description: This issue of Mainsheet: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Maritime Studies focuses on the topic of ocean economies, livelihoods, and technologies. It includes articles about 19th-century transatlantic immigration, the role of captains’ wives in early tourism in Hawai’i, and how the transition from sail to coal might inform today’s energy transition. A photo essay explores fish markets around the world, and an anthropologist in the Philippines writes about a traditional deep-sea fishing boat. Also included are book and exhibit reviews, poetry relating to the theme, and stunning art.