Restless men : masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840 /

Around the turn of the nineteenth century Robinson Crusoe turns up remarkably often in material dealing with the emerging Australian colonies. The call to adventure and do-it-yourself guide to settlement in Daniel Defoe's novel resonated strongly with British explorers and settlers. But Crusoe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Downing, Karen, 1961-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	Masculinity > Social aspects > Australia > History > 18th century. Masculinity > Social aspects > Australia > History > 19th century. Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) > Miscellanea. British > Australia > History. Pioneers > Australia > History. Australia > Discovery and exploration > British. Australia > Colonization. Frontier and pioneer life > Australia. Agitation (Psychology) > Social aspects > Australia > History. Anxiety > Social aspects > Australia > History. HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. HISTORY / Social History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Restless men
1. Confined by the Gout : Perceptions of Men's Physical Health
2. The Ecstasies and Transports of the Soul : Emotional Journeys of Self-discovery
3. My Head Filled Early With Rambling Thoughts : Raising Boys and Making Men
4. Satisfied with Nothing but Going to Sea : Seafaring Lives and Island Hopes
5. To Think That This Was All My Own : Land, Independence and Emigration
6. The Middle Station of Life : the Anxieties of Social Mobility
7. A Surprising Change of Circumstances : Men's Ambivalent Relationship with Authority
8. The Centre of All My Enterprises : the Paradox of Families
Conclusion: "Robinson Crusoe untravelled..."