The early republic and the sea : essays on the naval and maritime history of the early United States / edited by William S. Dudley and Michael J. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dudley, William S.

Crawford, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy.

History.

Navigation.

Naval history.

United States--History, Naval--18th century.

United States.

United States--History, Naval--19th century.

Navigation--United States--History--18th century.

Navigation--United States--History--19th century.

United States. Navy--History--18th century.

United States. Navy--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xv, 256 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2001]

Summary:

A multi-disciplinary group of distinguished scholars explores the rich diversity of the early republic's seafaring heritage. This unique volume constitutes a powerful statement about the current strength and potential of early American naval and maritime studies.

Contents:

Part 1 Maritime Commerce and the Sea Services 1

1. The Naval Movement of the Confederation Era / Elizabeth M. Nuxoll 3

2. Patterns of Northern New England Smuggling, 1789-1820 / Joshua M. Smith 35

3. Charting a New Course for the China Trade: The Late Eighteenth-Century American Model / Mary A. Y. Gallagher 55

4. The Lady Washington at Kushimoto, Japan, in 1791 / Jim Mockford 83

5. Daniel Caulkins's Voyage: An Incident of the Quasi-War / Richard C. Malley 101

6. Lewis Warrington and the USS Peacock in the Sunda Strait, June 1815 / Christine F. Hughes 115

7. War on the Slave Trade: Changing Fortunes in Antebellum U.S. Courts of the Mid-Atlantic South / Peter G. Fish 139

Part 2 James Fenimore Cooper and the Birth of American Maritime Experience 191

8. Enabling and Disabling the Lake Erie Discussion: James Fenimore Cooper and Alexander Slidell MacKenzie Respond to the Perry-Elliott Controversy / Hugh Egan 193

9. Nelson Resartus: Legitimate Order in Cooper's Fleet Novel / Robert D. Madison 207

10. Fact and Fiction: The Uses of Maritime History in Cooper's Afloat and Ashore / Thomas Philbrick 215

11. Cooper as Passenger / Wayne Franklin 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1574883712

1574883720

OCLC:

46448940