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The Republic afloat : law, honor, and citizenship in maritime America
Title
The Republic afloat : law, honor, and citizenship in maritime America / Matthew Taylor Raffety.
ISBN
9780226924007 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226924009 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226924014 (e-book)
0226924017 (e-book)
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Copyright Notice Date
©2013.
Physical Description
viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 22, 2014
Series
American beginnings, 1500-1900
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266) and index.
Contents
Law. Learning the ropes: the legal structure of labor at sea ; The education of Samuel Betts: developing a national maritime law ; Discipline but not punish: the law and labor control at sea ; "All is violence": mutiny and revolt as labor negotiation
Honor. Forecastle law: personal honor and the defense of custom at sea ; "Good officers make good men": the changing meanings of honor ; On the quarterdeck
Citizen. Our man in Liverpool: the consular service and American citizenship ; "The very laws that preserved their liberty": seaman, citizenship and national identity ; "We are eminently a maritime people": seafarers and the American character
Conclusion: Jack Tar, American.
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