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The liberty to take fish : Atlantic fisheries and federal power in nineteenth-century America /

"This book examines the central role commercial fishing in the North Atlantic played in the development of American statecraft from the American Revolution through the Civil War Era"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Earle, Thomas Blake (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The World the Fish Made
  • Fisheries and the Flotsam of Revolution
  • The Limits of Peace
  • The Ruby and Reindeer Affair
  • "Our Living is Truly that of Fishermen"
  • Fishermen at High Tide
  • Sea Changes
  • Abandoning the Fishermen and Embracing the British
  • Epilogue : The World the Fishermen Made.