{"product_id":"naval-seamens-women-in-nineteenth-century-melanie-holihead-9781837650118","title":"Naval Seamen's Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain","description":"Explores the lived experiences of the women of lower deck seamen in the nineteenth century British navy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores the lived experiences of the women - the mothers, sisters, foster-mothers of motherless children, but above all the wives - of lower deck seamen in the nineteenth century British navy. It makes extensive use of the \"allotment\" scheme, a system which enabled men to convey portions of their pay to dependants at home. The scheme had been devised by a Royal Navy worried by the adverse effect on naval manpower caused by experienced and mature sailors quitting the service in order to support loved ones suffering poverty on shore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing also on civil, parish and local data, the book reveals hitherto unknown differences between naval and civilian patterns of nuptiality, family life, occupation and household structure. It illustrates the impact of naval breadwinners' long-term absence in analyses of local migration, mutual support networks, and clusterings of \"same ship\" families, and to bring the picture to life it includes microhistories and stories of individual women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book concludes that while the sailor's woman's \"allotted place\" in the popular imagination shifted with changing perceptions of sailors' reputation and standing, a constant \"otherness\" attached to women who chose marriage to long-absent men, and a life of necessary self-reliance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Holihead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183765011X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837650118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Melanie Holihead","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46233179586815,"sku":"9781837650118","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38d61534-dd64-4ba9-874d-a2b71a6ae2fd.jpg?v=1728992292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naval-seamens-women-in-nineteenth-century-melanie-holihead-9781837650118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}