Women in Port - Gendering Communities, Economies, and Social Networks in Atlantic Port Cities, 1500-1800

Bringing together work by Atlantic world scholars on the cutting edge of their respective fields, Women in Port's practical application of microhistorical approaches achieves a depth and breadth that helps reframe our understanding of women's possibilities in the Atlantic world.

About the author

Douglas Catterall (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is associate professor of history at Cameron University and has published on migration and women's history, including Community without Borders: Scots Migrants and the Changing Face of Power in the Dutch Republic, c. 1600-1700 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2002).

Jodi Campbell (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is associate professor of history at Texas Christian University and the author of Monarchy, Political Culture and Drama in Seventeenth-Century Madrid: Theater of Negotiation (Ashgate Press, 2006). Her research interests include Spain's Golden Age theater, the intersections of politics and popular culture, and the social and cultural significance of food.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2012
• EAN: 9789004233171
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23317-1
• No. of pages: 468
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Series: Atlantic World
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories