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Episode 39: Sung-Yoon Lee on North Korea and its Despotess (Bonus) from 2023-10-31T17:00
In this bonus episode, John Curtis Perry has a conversation with Sung-Yoon Lee, expert on North Korea and author of the new book The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman i...
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Episode 38: Writing to be Read (Bonus) from 2021-07-18T04:00
In this bonus episode, John Curtis Perry describes his practical methodology for writing with the reader in mind, helps writers navigate the rocky shores of stilted or formulaic prose, and celeb...
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Announcement: What Comes Next from 2021-05-07T04:05
With the publication this week of Episode 37: Postlude, John Curtis Perry’s podcast series Revolution at Sea is now complete. Do stay tuned, as we have something more in store; a bonus and very ...
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Episode 37: Postlude from 2021-05-07T04:00
In this final episode, the postlude book-ending the Revolution at Sea series, John Curtis Perry adds a few words as a sort of summary of our time together. "Together we have thought about some a...
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Episode 36: China’s Oceanic Rebirth from 2021-04-30T04:00
Millions of Chinese rise from poverty and support an authoritarian state with global ambitions for prominence. The Chinese declare that their system is superior to democracy. What does this mean...
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Episode 35: China Sails Ahead from 2021-04-23T04:00
Under Deng Xiaoping’s leadership, China opens to the outside world and builds a highly successful export economy. Logistics come first, Deng says.
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Episode 34: China in its First Revolutionary Years from 2021-04-16T04:00
“China stands up,” Mao says. At immense cost, China struggles in its early PRC years to make enormous political, economic, and social changes.
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Episode 33: An Atlantic Model for China from 2021-04-09T04:00
Having begun our discussion with China, we now return to it. We begin by looking at the nineteenth century when the Atlantic powers seized and occupied many ports, giving China an idea of what t...
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Episode 32: Korea’s New Oceanic Mode from 2021-04-02T04:00
South Korea, a severely impoverished nation in the 1950s had always been a continental state. Now isolated from the mainland by international politics, Korea has turned to the sea. In a remarkab...
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Episode 31: Japan in the New Pacific from 2021-03-26T04:00
Japan, the first Asian nation to develop an export-driven economy, becomes a leader in salt water commerce. It has become the world’s third largest economy and plays an important role in interna...
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Episode 30: A New Pacific from 2021-03-19T04:00
The Pacific springs to new prominence as a trading center for obtaining resources to make goods and trading them globally via salt water.
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Episode 29: A New Maritime Society from 2021-03-12T04:00
The geography of shipping changes the nature of ports and ship design changes ships.
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Episode 28: An Altered Seascape Emerges from 2021-03-05T04:00
What freight do ships now carry and how does this change all our lives as producers and as consumers?
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Episode 27: New Dimensions of Warfare from 2021-02-26T04:00
Europe tears itself apart in warfare, which becomes global. New weaponry below the surface and above it complicate warfare at sea, during the two great wars.
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Episode 26: North Atlantic Supremacy from 2021-02-19T04:00
The Atlantic becomes a great avenue for the flow of trade and people.
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Episode 25: Why Fight Spain? from 2021-02-12T04:00
Emotion pushes war. And Americans end with an empire stretching to the far Pacific.
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Episode 24: Americans Look at the Sea Again from 2021-02-05T04:00
Exploiting new industry to modernize the navy, Americans begin to perceive its application to international affairs.
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Episode 23: Americans Look Inward from 2021-01-29T04:00
The maritime USA did not react quickly to changing uses of the sea, which the industrial world was creating.
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Episode 22: The USA: Rising Power from 2021-01-22T04:00
American space and resources enabled the rise of a new presence on the international seas. Establishing a powerful place in the world of sail, the nation falls into civil war.
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Episode 21: Japanese Re-Emergence from 2021-01-15T04:00
Japan opens to the outside world and makes itself an Asian international power.
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Episode 20: New Entrants: Germany from 2020-12-18T04:00
Germany emerges as a great power in the later 19th century and ultimately challenges Britain at sea.
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Episode 19: Why Britain Prevailed from 2020-12-11T04:00
A small Britain pushes aside France on the sea and becomes the world’s leading salt water power.
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Episode 18: A New Empire from 2020-12-04T04:00
Britain redefines its scope of empire by moving to the east.
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Episode 17: A Great Transformation from 2020-11-27T04:00
Now we move into a global maritime community, with the Atlantic world seizing the initiative and wielding it until the mid 20th century.
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Episode 16: France as Oceanic Competitor from 2020-11-20T04:00
Why did France fail to compete successfully with Britain at sea? What were Britain’s advantages?
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Episode 15: New Oceanic Pathways from 2020-11-13T04:00
Maritime Europe discovers the Pacific and we look at the life of the sailor.
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Episode 14: Britain vs France from 2020-11-06T04:00
A newly-united Britain, with growing prosperity and new markets, vigorously contests other maritime powers.
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Episode 13: England Triumphs at Sea from 2020-10-30T05:00
England admires and fights the Dutch, and begins to develop a powerful navy.
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Episode 12: How did England Become a Sea Power from 2020-10-23T05:00
Remarkable rulers strengthen the national government. At sea, privateers capture foreign wealth and popular admiration.
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Episode 11: Early England and the Sea from 2020-10-16T05:00
England takes on the sea, beginning to embrace it as part of its life.
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Episode 10: Dutch Culture and Dutch Decline from 2020-10-09T05:00
Dutch visual arts take on great brilliance and merchant society prospers. Yet gradually the vitality fades.
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Episode 09: Characteristics of the Dutch Experience from 2020-10-02T05:00
Digging further into the Dutch experience, we explore how this small nation could create such a dynamic and sweeping maritime presence.
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We set sail next week from 2020-09-25T05:00
Our summer shore leave is soon coming to an end, and the team at Revolution at Sea will be setting out again next week. Stay tuned for episode 9, Characteristics of the Dutch Experience.
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Shore leave from 2020-08-11T05:00
The crew of Revolution at Sea is taking a break this month. We will resume our series in September.
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Episode 08: The Dutch Pelagic State from 2020-08-07T05:00
The Dutch make the world’s first global trading state.
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Episode 07: A Changing Oceanic Europe from 2020-07-31T05:00
Northwestern Europe seizes oceanic leadership.
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Episode 06: The Habsburg Castilian Empire from 2020-07-24T05:00
Using the World Ocean, Spain creates a global colonial empire.
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Episode 05: Portuguese Pioneers from 2020-07-10T05:00
Portugal builds a global oceanic enterprise.
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Episode 04: Iberia and Oceanic Revolution from 2020-07-03T05:00
Iberia makes the Atlantic an inland sea for oceanic Europe
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Episode 03: The Indian Ocean from 2020-06-26T05:00
Peoples on the Indian Ocean were active seafarers. But, did they move beyond their region?
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Episode 02: Early China and the Sea from 2020-06-19T05:00
China enjoyed huge success on the continent, but how did it fare in exploring the sea?
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Episode 01: The Austronesians from 2020-06-11T20:21:18
Stepping back before recorded history to an amazing saga, we enter the vast open Pacific. This is the world of the Austronesian speakers.
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Episode 00: Prelude from 2020-05-23T12:55:32
John Curtis Perry invites us to embark in a wondrous journey through the centuries to explore the human history of the seas.
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