Iron Men, Wooden Women: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-1920 (Gender Relations in the American Experience)
By Unknown Author.
Description
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, and a range of public sources―the authors show how popular fascination with seafaring and the sailors' rigorous, male-only life led to models ...
ISBN(s)
0801851602, 9780801851605
