Title A bold and hardy race of men : the lives and literature of American whalemen / Jennifer Schell

Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Literature Contents Manly physical labor and American national identity -- The world of whaling and its residents -- Foremast hands and the art of physical labor -- The whaling industry and its chains of command -- Unconventional gender roles at home and at sea -- Racialized discourses and cosmopolitan workforces Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-249) and index Notes Print version record Subject Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- History Whaling in literature. American literature -- History and criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. American literature Whalers (Persons) Whaling in literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2013015187 ISBN 9781613762738 1613762739

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