Crew culture : New Zealand seafarers under sail and steam / Neill Atkinson.

By:

Atkinson, Neill [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wellington [N.Z.] : Te Papa Press, 2001.Description: xi, 172 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmISBN:

0909010811 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

387.540440993 21

Summary: "This book looks at merchant seafarers employed in both the coastal and international trades during the past 100 years. "They had a vibrant sub-culture, with its own language, songs, rituals and myths, which exerted an influence on the development of male identity in this country". This history begins in the early years of commercial shipping from about 1840, when Maori played a prominent part in the coastal trade, and closes after World War II"--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	387.54 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00301464

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168) and index.

"This book looks at merchant seafarers employed in both the coastal and international trades during the past 100 years. "They had a vibrant sub-culture, with its own language, songs, rituals and myths, which exerted an influence on the development of male identity in this country". This history begins in the early years of commercial shipping from about 1840, when Maori played a prominent part in the coastal trade, and closes after World War II"--Publisher's description.

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