Margaret S. Creighton

Rites and Passages

The Experience of American Whaling, 1830 1870

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9780521484480
• ISBN-10: 0521484480
• Artikelnr.: 21245977

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Archives and collections
Introduction: the passing of Nathaniel Robinson
1. The evolution of the American whale fishery, 1650-1900
2. 'Tis advertised in Boston': the shaping of a ship's crew
3. 'Wondrous tales of the mighty deep': whaling life and labor
4. The 'old man': the sea captain's split personality
5. Crossing the line: Fraternity in the forecastle
6. The attack of the Daniel: whalemen ashore
7. Sailors
sweethearts, and wives: gender and sex in the deepwater workplace
8. Afterword
Appendixes
Index.