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The Republic afloat : law, honor, and citizenship in maritime America / Matthew Taylor Raffety.
LIBRA KF1104 .R34 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raffety, Matthew Taylor, 1972-
- Series:
- American beginnings, 1500-1900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maritime law--United States--History--19th century.
- Maritime law.
- Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century.
- Merchant mariners.
- Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc.
- History.
- United States--History--1815-1861.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Law. Learning the ropes: the legal structure of labor at sea ; The education of Samuel Betts: developing a national maritime law ; Discipline but not punish: the law and labor control at sea ; "All is violence": mutiny and revolt as labor negotiation
- Honor. Forecastle law: personal honor and the defense of custom at sea ; "Good officers make good men": the changing meanings of honor ; On the quarterdeck
- Citizen. Our man in Liverpool: the consular service and American citizenship ; "The very laws that preserved their liberty": seaman, citizenship and national identity ; "We are eminently a maritime people": seafarers and the American character
- Conclusion: Jack Tar, American.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226924007
- 0226924009
- OCLC:
- 794624719
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