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Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812.

Examines the slogan 'free trade and sailors rights', tracing its sources to eighteenth-century thought and Americans' experience with impressment into the British navy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilje, Paul A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One Free Trade; 1 The Enlightenment and Defining Free Trade; 2 The Revolutionary Experience; 3 The New Diplomacy; 4 Legacy; Part Two Sailors' Rights; 5 Anglo-American Traditions; 6 The Rise of Jack Tar; 7 Impressment; 8 Citizenship; 9 The Hermione and the Rights of Man; Part Three Origins; 10 Empire of Liberty; 11 Indians in the Way; 12 Contested Commerce; 13 The Ordeal of Jack Tar; 14 Honor; Part Four War; 15 The Odyssey of the Essex; 16 The Language of Combat; 17 Politics of War; 18 Pursuit of Peace; 19 Dartmoor; Part Five Memory.
  • 20 Winning the Peace21 Remembering Impressment; 22 The Persistent Dream; 23 Politics; 24 Popular Culture; Conclusion; Notes; Index.