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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vickers, Daniel, 1952-
Other Authors: Walsh, Vince
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Landsmen on the water : New England, 1620-1645
  • Salem's first mariners, 1645-1690
  • The eighteenth century : sailors at sea
  • The eighteenth century : sailor's careers
  • The eighteenth century : maritime society ashore
  • The nineteenth century
  • Mastery and the maritime law
  • Conclusion.

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