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The Maritime Mystique: Sustainable Development, Capital Mobility, and Nostalgia in the World-Ocean (1999)
Journal Article
Steinberg, P. E. (1999). The Maritime Mystique: Sustainable Development, Capital Mobility, and Nostalgia in the World-Ocean. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 17(4), 403-426. https://doi.org/10.1068/d170403

Three images of ocean space are becoming increasingly prevalent in policy and planning circles and popular culture: The image of the ocean as an empty void to be annihilated by hypermobile capital; as a resource-rich but fragile space requiring ratio... Read More about The Maritime Mystique: Sustainable Development, Capital Mobility, and Nostalgia in the World-Ocean.

Lines of Division, Lines of Connection: Stewardship in the World-Ocean (1999)
Journal Article
Steinberg, P. E. (1999). Lines of Division, Lines of Connection: Stewardship in the World-Ocean. Geographical Review, 89(2), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.1999.tb00217.x

This article investigates the history of drawing lines across ocean space. Although drawing lines generally is perceived as an act of division—as exemplified by the line drawn through the Atlantic Ocean by Pope Alexander VI in 1493—lines, like the oc... Read More about Lines of Division, Lines of Connection: Stewardship in the World-Ocean.