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Nordby, Sønderho, and Marstal:

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TL26d6j279

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Nordby, Sønderho, and Marstal:

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Goodale, Sif Ida

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Global Maritime Communities in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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Mitchell, Laura J;Coller, Ian

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UC Irvine

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2019

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UC Irvine

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2019

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This dissertation is a cultural and global history of the maritime communities of Nordby and Sønderho on Fanø, and Marstal on Ærø, in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This dissertation suggests the possibility of alternative histories of global engagement in the Age of Empires. Although not a history of the nation state of Denmark, it suggests alternatives for thinking about the past of people who live in this region, especially the global labor force of sailors. I argue that, contrary to the stereotype of Jack Tar, sailors from Nordby, Sønderho, and Marstal had strong social ties within their communities. They were married and had children, and their strong social bonds connected them to their home communities, even as they labored far from their homes for years on end. There was a strong gendered component to maritime labor: Sailors and their wives labored separately during long periods of absence. Sailors' wives were more likely to do traditional male labor, something which many other historians have pointed out. I argue that sailors were also more likely to do work which was traditionally women's work. The blurring of gender roles in maritime communities was accompanied by a reaffirmation of gender roles in written evidence.

Goodale, Sif Ida

Mitchell, Laura J;Coller, Ian

UC Irvine

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