Iron Men, Wooden Women - Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-1920

Informationen zum Autor Margaret S. Creighton teaches history at Bates College. Lisa Norling teaches history at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext 'This collection not only sketches life at sea in all its detail and diversity but also expands our understanding of the connections of gender, occupation, class, colonization, and race at sea and on land in the nineteenth century. The book combines first-rate scholarship with lively, accessible writing-no small accomplishment!' Zusammenfassung Jeffrey Bolster, Laura Tabili, Lillian Nayder, and Melody Graulich, in addition to Margaret Creighton and Lisa Norling.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret S. Creighton, Margaret S. Norling Creighton
• Assisted by: Margaret Creighton (Editor), Margaret S. Creighton (Editor), Lisa Norling (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.1996
• EAN: 9780801851605
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5160-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Gender Relations in the Americ; Gender Relations in the American Experience; Gender Relations in the Americ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous