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Welcome to our virtual exhibit for the North American Society for Oceanic History! All of the books listed here are available to you at the meeting discount of 30% off list price plus free domestic shipping. Click on the buy buttons below and use the promotional code EX58326 in the shopping cart to get 30% off physical books.*

Books in this field are acquired by Karen Darling.

Check out our book series Oceans in Depth! The series publishes works that put the ocean at the center of our narratives about the past. When we consider the ocean in its depths and move beyond the narrow slices of its coasts, we gain new dimensions to our histories, both in the modern era and through deep time. 

Ebook discount: Most of the books published by the University of Chicago Press are also available in ebook form from our website. To get a 20% discount on ebooks published by the University of Chicago Press, use promotional code UCPXEB during checkout. (UCPXEB only applies to full-priced ebooks published by the University of Chicago Press.)

We also welcome you to browse our Journals Division’s history journals. Our journals include The Biological Bulletin, Environmental HistoryCritical Historical Studies, Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society, Marine Resource Economics, and Osiris.

*This offer is valid until July 29, 2026. For titles where paperback and cloth versions are available, the discount only applies to the paperback.

The Chicago Booth at NASOH

Featured Books

The Seabed

A Human and Literary History

Jimmy Packham

The Underharbor

Submerged Histories of Sydney

Ann Elias

New Deep Territories

A Story of France’s Exploration of the Seafloor

Beatriz Martinez-Rius

Sea Level

A History

Wilko Graf von Hardenberg

Ocean Bestiary

Meeting Marine Life from Abalone to Orca to Zooplankton

Richard J. King

Oceans under Glass

Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea

Samantha Muka

Tracks on the Ocean

A History of Trailblazing, Maps, and Maritime Travel

Sara Caputo

Science on a Mission

How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean

Naomi Oreskes

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