Young men and the sea: The sociology of seafaring in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts

Social History

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-38

  Vickers, Daniel ^a   Walsh, Vince ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHIP; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

FISHERIES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; MASSACHUSETTS; MEN; MEN'S HEALTH; SHIPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 34247283999     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: 14701200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071029908568050     Document Type: Note

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