Jack Tar's story : the autobiographies and memoirs of sailors in antebellum America /

"Jack Tar's Story examines the autobiographies and memoirs of antebellum American sailors to explore contested meanings of manhood and nationalism in the early republic. It is the first study to use various kinds of institutional sources, including crew lists, ships' logs, impressment...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glenn, Myra C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
United States. > Navy > Sea life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy.
1800 - 1899
Seafaring life > United States > History > 19th century.
Sailors > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Sailors' writings, English > United States > History > 19th century.
Vie en mer > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Marins > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Armed Forces > Sea life.
Sailors > Social conditions.
Sailors' writings, English.
Seafaring life.
Zeelieden.
Autobiografieën.
Schifffahrt.
Seemann.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : why study antebellum sailor narratives?
  • Stories of escape, freedom, and captivity : seaman authors recall their early years
  • Manhood, nationalism, and sailor narratives of British captivity and the War of 1812
  • Exploring the meaning of revolution in the Americas : sailor narratives of the Haitian and South American Wars of Independence
  • Defending one's rights as a man and an American citizen : sailor narratives as exposés of flogging
  • Straddling conflicting notions of manhood : sailor narratives as stories of roistering and religious conversion.

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