[PDF.98hx] The Republic Afloat: Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)

The Republic Afloat: Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)

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 | #2186802 in Books |  University Of Chicago Press |  2013-03-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.10 x6.00l,1.17 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| "The Republic Afloat" has set its anchor as a shining masterpiece of early American maritime history|By Gaehman Prahtal|Kudos to Raffety for a putting to paper such a compelling vision of antebellum America's colorful `jack tars', officers, mates, jurists and consuls alike - demonstratively showing how they, alongside a host of seafaring and sea-meddling characters, interacted,| |"Raffety presents Jack Tar in a new light, one not to be ignored."|(W. Jeffery Bolster, author of Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail and The Mortal Sea: Fishing in the Atlantic Age of Sail)

"The Republic Afloat<

In the years before the Civil War, many Americans saw the sea as a world apart, an often violent and insular culture governed by its own definitions of honor and ruled by its own authorities. The truth, however, is that legal cases that originated at sea had a tendency to come ashore and force the national government to address questions about personal honor, dignity, the rights of labor, and the meaning and privileges of citizenship, often for the first time....

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Republic Afloat: Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)   |  Matthew Taylor Raffety. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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