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The Republic afloat : law, honor, and citizenship in maritime America /
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 n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | American beginnings, 1500-1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. By examining how and why merchant seamen and their officers came into contact with the law, Matthew Taylor Raffety exposes. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (286 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226924014 0226924017 1299311687 9781299311688 |