Rites and Passages

Margaret S. (Bates College, Maine) Creighton

Cambridge University Press, 1995

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This book uses the personal testimony of over 200 American whalemen to illuminate the social history of deepwater sailing in the mid-1800s. Discussions of sailors before the mast, of shipmasters aft, of seafaring ritual, and of women in shipboard culture differentiate this from any other maritime study.

ISBN-13
9780521433365
ISBN-10
0521433363
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
Publication date
1995-08-25
Pages
250
Dimensions
159x242x19
Weight
568