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TITLE:Maritime Relations: Family and Kinship Across Oceans, 1830-1915
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SUMMARY:Maritime Relations: Family and Kinship Across Oceans, 1830-1915
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the nineteenth century Britain rapidly developed as an imperial and trading power. Goods were transported around the world by merchant vessels powered by the labour of ordinary merchant sailors, predominantly boys and men from working-class backgrounds, many of whom spent years away at sea in dangerous environments. While sailors were crucial to the development of Victorian Britain, they were often subject to caricature in literature and the press as the brave Tar, or his opposite, foolhardy Jack. Emily's research has tried to move away from these simplistic stereotypes to explore the social worlds of ordinary Victorian sailors, including the less well-understood nature of their family and kinship relations. 
In this talk, Emily will focus on the benefits and challenges of two of the main archival sources that have informed her research into ‘maritime relations’: logbooks, or sea diaries, kept on board ship by 'ordinary' sailors, and the rich British tradition of British working-class autobiography. She will suggest that these forms of life writing supply not just a treasure trove of social history, but, read carefully, they offer insight into the personal lives of seafaring authors and their complex networks of family and kin. 
LOCATION:Liverpool Suite
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