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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raffety, Matthew Taylor, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Colección:American beginnings, 1500-1900.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo