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

by Margaret Creighton

Book Overview

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: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"