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

(Part of the Gender Relations in the American Experience Series)

by Margaret Creighton

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From the voyage of the Argonauts to the Tailhook scandal, seafaring has long been one of the most glaringly male-dominated occupations. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Margaret Creighton, Lisa Norling, and their co-authors explore the relationship of gender and seafaring in the Anglo-American age of sail. Drawing on a wide range of American and British sources--from diaries, logbooks, and account ledgers to songs, poetry, fiction,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801851602

ISBN13:9780801851605

Release Date:May 1996

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Americas History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Sailing Ships Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation Transportation

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

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