Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885Auckland University Press, 2006 - 294 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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Արդյունքներ 39–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... woman travelling alone broke down at the moment of leaving her father . Fearing his presence would encourage her to change her mind , colonial officials had him forcibly evicted.10 Like Fowler , the young woman felt the great wrench at ...
... woman travelling alone broke down at the moment of leaving her father . Fearing his presence would encourage her to change her mind , colonial officials had him forcibly evicted.10 Like Fowler , the young woman felt the great wrench at ...
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... woman like Minna Pirie on the Somersetshire could not be greater . Not only did Pirie have someone to do her washing but there was a cook to prepare the food and stewards to serve it , wash the dishes and sweep the floor . Some first ...
... woman like Minna Pirie on the Somersetshire could not be greater . Not only did Pirie have someone to do her washing but there was a cook to prepare the food and stewards to serve it , wash the dishes and sweep the floor . Some first ...
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... woman's reproductive organs was thought to produce mental instability , hence the term hysteria , from the ancient Greek word for womb , which was defined in a contemporary medical dictionary thus : ' A nervous affection chiefly seen in ...
... woman's reproductive organs was thought to produce mental instability , hence the term hysteria , from the ancient Greek word for womb , which was defined in a contemporary medical dictionary thus : ' A nervous affection chiefly seen in ...
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A great wrench at the heart | 16 |
The mountains of the sea | 43 |
A time to every purpose | 73 |
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