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1 online resource (xxii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index. |
| Contents |
Shipwreck narratives in early American literature -- Women and children first -- Women and middle passage -- Englishwomen and U.S. shipwreck narratives -- Cross-dressed female seafarers in early American popular literature. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
At a crucial time in American history, narratives of women in command or imperiled at sea contributed to the construction of a national rhetoric. Robin Miskolcze makes her case by way of careful readings of images of women at sea before the Civil War in her book Women and Children First. Though the sea has traditionally been interpreted as the province of men, women have gone to sea as mothers, wives, figureheads, and slaves. In fact, in the nineteenth century, women at sea contributed to the formation of an ethics of survival that helped to define American ideals. This study examines, often for the first time, images of women at sea in antebellum narratives ranging from novels and sermons to newspaper accounts and lithographs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women and the sea -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women and the sea. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Seafaring life -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Seafaring life. |
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
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To 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Title |
Women and children first |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Miskolcze, Robin. Women & children first. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803232587 0803232586 (DLC) 2007017372 (OCoLC)137325002 |
| ISBN |
9780803209879 (electronic book) |
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0803209878 (electronic book) |
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1281213586 |
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9781281213587 |
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9780803232587 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803232586 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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