Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885Auckland University Press, 01 հոկ, 2013 թ. - 240 էջ Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of food, health, religion, crime, and mutiny, this history unearths the humor, scandal, and personal triumph that defined the nautical pilgrimage of hundreds. |
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... compartment is the subject of Chapter 7. Although in many respects the experiences of the unaccompanied women matched those of everyone else, they need to be treated separately because they were cut off from the rest of the ship's ...
... compartment is the subject of Chapter 7. Although in many respects the experiences of the unaccompanied women matched those of everyone else, they need to be treated separately because they were cut off from the rest of the ship's ...
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... compartments of the ships they would soon board. The other buildings were both two-storeyed. One had a dayroom for the migrants on the ground floor with a dormitory above. The third had the depot master's quarters and a baggage store on ...
... compartments of the ships they would soon board. The other buildings were both two-storeyed. One had a dayroom for the migrants on the ground floor with a dormitory above. The third had the depot master's quarters and a baggage store on ...
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... compartments below decks, but they were by no means a homogenous bunch: not only were they divided by religion and ethnic background but some paid their own way and conflict between those who paid and those on assisted passages caused ...
... compartments below decks, but they were by no means a homogenous bunch: not only were they divided by religion and ethnic background but some paid their own way and conflict between those who paid and those on assisted passages caused ...
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... compartment.36 For some people, the confusion had real and immediate consequences. Because of a muddle with the luggage on the Doric, John Cowie had to sleep his first two nights at sea without bedding.37 The routine failure of shipping ...
... compartment.36 For some people, the confusion had real and immediate consequences. Because of a muddle with the luggage on the Doric, John Cowie had to sleep his first two nights at sea without bedding.37 The routine failure of shipping ...
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... compartment for single men, which was separated by a solid bulkhead, or wall, from a central compartment for married couples and children. At the stern, underneath the poop and the cabins, was a special compartment for single women. If ...
... compartment for single men, which was separated by a solid bulkhead, or wall, from a central compartment for married couples and children. At the stern, underneath the poop and the cabins, was a special compartment for single women. If ...
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Enemies easily made | |
Disorder crime and punishment | |
Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings | |
The virgins cage | |
Birth death and the doctor | |
Land fever | |
So here ends my journey | |
Bibliography | |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885 David Hastings Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2013 |
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