Liberty on the waterfront : American maritime culture in the Age of Revolution /

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Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilje, Paul A., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
United States. > Navy > History > 18th century.
United States. > Navy > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy
To 1900
Sailors > United States > History > 18th century.
Sailors > United States > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > United States > History > 18th century.
Seafaring life > United States > History > 19th century.
Marins > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Marins > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vie en mer > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Vie en mer > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Sailors
Seafaring life
United States > History, Naval > To 1900.
États-Unis > Histoire navale > Jusqu'à 1900.
United States
History
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication Page; Table of Contents ; Preface ; Part I: Ashore and Afloat ; 1 The Sweets of Liberty ; 2 The Maid I Left Behind Me ; 3 A Sailor Ever Loves to Be in Motion ; Part II: Revolution ; 4 The Sons of Neptune ; 5 Brave Republicans of the Ocean.
  • 6 Free Trade and Sailors' Rights Part III: Legacy ; 7 Proper Objects of Christian Compassion ; 8 The Ark of the Liberties of the World ; Epilogue ; Glossary ; Notes ; Index ; Acknowledgments.

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