Category:Maritime historians

Maritime historians are specialists in the broad academic field of maritime history, the study of mankind's many relationships to the world's oceans, seas, and major waterways. Maritime historians are usually specialists in one or more of the several sub-disciplines that make up this field, such as maritime economic history, maritime business history, naval history, maritime science and technology. There are a number of approaches to the field, sometimes divided into two broad categories: Traditionalists, who seek to engage a small audience of other academics, and Utilitarians, who seek to influence policy makers and a wider audience.

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• Fischer, Lewis R. “Are We in Danger of Being Left with Our Journals and Not Much Else: The future of maritime history?” Mariner’s Mirror 97:1 (February 2011).
• Harlaftis, Gelina. "Maritime History or the History of Thalassa," in Gelina Harlaftis, Nikos Karapidakis, Kostas Sbonias and Vaios Vaiopoulos (eds.), The New Ways of History (IB Tauris, London 2009).
• Hattendorf, John. "The Uses of Maritime History in and for the Navy," Naval War College Review 56:2 (Spring 2003), 13-38.
• McCaughey, Robert. “Freshening of American Maritime History,” New York Journal of American History LXVII no. 1 (2008), 10-23.
• Smith, Joshua M. “Far Beyond Jack Tar: Maritime Historians and the Problem of Audience,” Coriolis: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies 2:2 (December, 2011), 1-11. http://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/9836
• Vickers, Daniel. “Beyond Jack Tar,” William and Mary Quarterly (3rd Series), 50:2 (April 1993).