Dear [FIRST NAME],

We hope you are well and having an enjoyable summer! While we are waiting for our galleries to open in September, here’s a way to take advantage of your BGC membership…

We’d like to recommend two BGC publications to inspire you to think about our relationship to the sea and the wonders of travel. Members receive a 20% discount on all full-priced books in our online bookstore using the code MEMBR.

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The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography
Cultural Histories of the Material World, 2013
Edited by Peter N. Miller
$65

This volume is about people and their relationship to the Sea. It focuses on the writing, and therefore the planning and organizing, of histories of the Sea. It sets out the wider historiographical shift towards microhistory, exchange relations, networks, and—above all—materiality that current writing about the Sea has undergone in recent decades. It also provides a critical assessment of the field, dissecting its strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities, and displays through case-studies possible improvements or areas of future inquiry.

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The Anthropology of Expeditions: Travel, Visualities, Afterlives
Cultural Histories of the Material World, 2015
Edited by Joshua A. Bell and Erin L. Hasinoff
$65 $32.50

In the West at the turn of the twentieth century, public understanding of science and the world was shaped in part by expeditions to Asia, North America, and the Pacific. The Anthropology of Expeditions draws together contributions from anthropologists and historians of science to explore the role of these journeys in natural history and anthropology between approximately 1890 and 1930. Offering fascinating insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them, The Anthropology of Expeditions sets a new standard for the field.

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For more summer reading options, visit our online bookstore: store.bgc.bard.edu

If your membership has expired, please renew below! For questions about your membership, contact us at membership@bgc.bard.edu or call us at 212.501.3071.

Happy Summer Reading!