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Record #134198:

Rites and passages: the experience of American whaling, 1830-1870 / Margaret S. Creighton.

Title: Rites and passages: the experience of American whaling, 1830-1870 / Margaret S. Creighton.
Author(s): Creighton, Margaret S.
Date: 1995.
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Abstract: Presents social history of American whaling during this period. Based on diaries of sailors and ship logs, examines beliefs and behaviour of whalers, studies relationship of sailors with both captain and shore society, and appraises social dynamics of ship's company. Focuses particularly on ways in which whalers related to women and means in which seafaring served as rite of passage to manhood.
Keywords: 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry: American.
93"18" -- Nineteenth century.
V -- History.
(*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters.
(*80) -- Southern Ocean.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: 639.245.1[USA]
ISBN: 0521484480
SPRI record no.: 134198

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