Coral Lives: Literature, Labor, and the Making of America

by 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 metaphor

Today, coral and the human-caused threats to coral reef ecosystems symbolize our ongoing planetary crisis. In the nineteenth century, coral represented something else; as a recurring motif in American literature and culture, it shaped popular ideas about human society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691240116
• ISBN13: 9780691240114
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 6.1"