Captain Ahab had a wife : New England women & the whalefishery, 1720-1870 /

A social history that uncovers the lives of maritime women in New England villages whose men were whalers during the 18th and 19th centuries. Norling draws from a variety of sources--including women's and men's letters and diaries, shipowners' records, church records, newspapers and m...

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Main Author:	Norling, Lisa
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000 Chapel Hill [N.C.] ; London : c2000 Chapel Hill, N.C : 2000 Chapel Hill, N.C : c2000 Chapel Hill, N.C : ©2000 Chapel Hill : [2000]
Series:	Gender & American culture Gender & American culture
Subjects:	1700 - 1899 19th century Whalers' spouses > Massachusetts Whaling > Massachusetts > New Bedford > History > 19th century Whaling > Massachusetts > New Bedford > History Women > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Social conditions > 19th century Women > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Social conditions History Manners and customs Social conditions Whalers' spouses Whaling Women Women > Social conditions Nantucket (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 18th century Nantucket (Mass.) > Social life and customs Massachusetts Massachusetts > Nantucket Massachusetts > New Bedford

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