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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... steerage quarters of one of its ships were fitted up in 'a style of the greatest comfort and convenience'. It also emphasised the claim that regulations governing the provisions and fittings of all migrant ships were carried out 'in a ...
... steerage quarters of one of its ships were fitted up in 'a style of the greatest comfort and convenience'. It also emphasised the claim that regulations governing the provisions and fittings of all migrant ships were carried out 'in a ...
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... steerage passengers and a disproportionately large number by those in first and second class. For others the class bias is compounded by gender bias: not only were fewer written by women than men, but fewer still by women in steerage.21 ...
... steerage passengers and a disproportionately large number by those in first and second class. For others the class bias is compounded by gender bias: not only were fewer written by women than men, but fewer still by women in steerage.21 ...
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... steerage 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 ...
... steerage 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 ...
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... steerage 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 ...
... steerage 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 ...
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... steerage on the Westland, thought his prospects would be much better in New Zealand than in his native Durham where he worked as a village shopkeeper trying hard, like a dog chasing its tail, to make ends meet.26 William Gray, the ...
... steerage on the Westland, thought his prospects would be much better in New Zealand than in his native Durham where he worked as a village shopkeeper trying hard, like a dog chasing its tail, to make ends meet.26 William Gray, the ...
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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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