Women in Port ─ Gendering Communities, Economics and Social Networks in Atlantic Port Cities, 1500-1800

A map in the front matter identifies the major Atlantic world ports and places discussed in this volume, among them: New Amsterdam (later New York City), Havana, French Guiana, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Luanda, Cacheu, Mazagdo, Seville, Lisbon, Nantes, Rouen Amsterdam Aberdeen, Zambezia, and about half dozen others. Eleven contributions plus an introduction by the editors and a conclusion discuss the lives of women of various social statuses and ethnicities--highlighting the impact of factors related to the Atlantic Ocean in differing contexts. A sampling of topics: life, death, and survival strategies in Seville's maritime district; the price of assimilation--Spanish and Portuguese women in French cities; and free women of color in the port cities of colonial Saint-Domingue. The editors are affiliated as follows: Douglas Catterall (history, Cameron U.) and Judi Campbell (history, Texas Christian U.). Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Douglas Catterall (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is associate professor of history at Cameron University and has published on migration and women’s history, including Community without Borders: Scots Migrants and the Changing Face of Power in the Dutch Republic, c. 1600-1700 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2002).Jodi Campbell (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is associate professor of history at Texas Christian University and the author of Monarchy, Political Culture and Drama in Seventeenth-Century Madrid: Theater of Negotiation (Ashgate Press, 2006). Her research interests include Spain’s Golden Age theater, the intersections of politics and popular culture, and the social and cultural significance of food.