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1 online resource (286 pages). |
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polychrome. |
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text file |
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American Beginnings, 1500-1900
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American beginnings, 1500-1900.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Lorena, 1849; Part One: Law; 1. Learning the Ropes: The Legal Structure of Labor at Sea; 2. The Education of Samuel Betts: Developing a National Maritime Law; 3. Discipline but Not Punish: The Law and Labor Control at Sea, 1790-1861; 4. "All Is Violence": Mutiny and Revolt as Labor Negotiation; Part Two: Honor; 5. Forecastle Law: Personal Honor and the Defense of Custom at Sea; 6. "Good Officers Make Good Men": The Changing Meanings of Honor on the Quarterdeck; Part Three: Citizen; 7. Our Man in Liverpool: The Consular Service and American Citizenship. |
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8. "The Very Laws That Preserved Their Liberty": Seamen, Citizenship, and National Identity9. "We Are Eminently a Maritime People": Seafarers and the American Character; Conclusion: Jack Tar, American; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
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 national government to address questions about personal honor, dignity, the rights of labor, and the meaning and privileges of citizenship, often for the first time. By examining how and why merchant seamen and their officers came into contact with the law, Matthew Taylor Raffety exposes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maritime law -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Maritime law. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Merchant mariners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Merchant mariners -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
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1815-1861 |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Raffety, Matthew Taylor. Republic Afloat : Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, ©2013 9780226924007 |
| ISBN |
9780226924014 |
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0226924017 |
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1299311687 |
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9781299311688 |
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9780226924007 |
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0226924009 |
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