Iron Men, Wooden Women
Subtitle: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700-1920 (Gender Relations in the American Experience)
Contributors: Margaret S. Creighton (Editor); Lisa Norling (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 2, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780801851599
Subjects: Maritime history; Shipping industries; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Voyages And Travels; History - General History; History: American; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Sailing - Narratives; United States - General; World - General; History / United States / General; Seafaring life; Women and the sea
First sentence: JAMAICA'S MEN OF POWER gathered at a Court of Admiralty in St. Jago de la Vega in late 1720 and early 1721 for a series of show trials.