Please God Send Me a Wreck Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community /

• Main Authors: Duncan, Brad (Author), Gibbs, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: When the Land Meets the Sea, An ACUA and SHA Series, 3
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Heritage.

This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term econ...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Shipping Mishaps and the Maritime Cultural Landscape
• Chapter 3: Preparing for Shipping Mishaps
• Chapter 4: Crisis Phase Responses
• Chapter 5: Mid and Long Term Responses
• Chapter 6: Landscapes of Risk Prevention and Mitigation
• Chapter 7: Landscapes of Crisis and Long-term Response.-Chapter 8: The Social Landscapes of Shipping Mishaps
• Chapter 9: Conclusion.