Young men and the sea : Yankee seafarers in the age of sail /

"Drawing on records of several thousand seamen and their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, Young Men and the Sea offers a social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period. In what sort of families were sailors raised? When did they go to sea? What were their chances of dea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vickers, Daniel, 1952-
Otros Autores: Walsh, Vince
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Temas:
Seafaring life > New England > History.
Seafaring life > Massachusetts > Salem > History.
Sailors > New England > History.
Sailors > Massachusetts > Salem > History.
Vie en mer > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Vie en mer > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire.
Marins > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Marins > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire.
Sailors
Seafaring life
Seefahrer
Salem (Mass.) > History, Naval.
New England > History, Naval.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire navale.
Massachusetts > Salem
New England
Neuengland
Massachusetts
History
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Drawing on records of several thousand seamen and their voyages from Salem, Massachusetts, Young Men and the Sea offers a social history of seafaring in the colonial and early national period. In what sort of families were sailors raised? When did they go to sea? What were their chances of death? Whom did they marry, and how did their wives operate households in their absence? Answering these and many other questions, this book is destined to become a classic of American social and maritime history."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-318) and index.
ISBN:9780300150261
0300150261

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