Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812
2012
973.52 G433 2012
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Title
Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description
xii, 425 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
973.52 G433 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)786003129
Note
Examines the political slogan "free trade and sailors rights" and traces its sources to eighteenth-century intellectual thought and Americans' previous experience with impressment into the British navy; on July 2, 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming free trade and sailors rights thus creating a political slogan that explained the War of 1812. Free trade demanded the protection of American commerce, while sailors, rights insisted that the British end the impressment of seamen from American ships.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-404) and index.
Contents: Pt. I. Free Trade: 1. The Enlightenment and defining free trade -- 2. The revolutionary experience -- 3. The new diplomacy -- 4. Legacy -- Pt. II. Sailors' Rights: 5. Anglo-American traditions -- 6. The rise of Jack Tar -- 7. Impressment -- 8. Citizenship -- 9. The Hermione and the rights of man -- Pt. III. Origins: 10. Empire of liberty -- 11. Indians in the way -- 12. Contested commerce -- 13. The ordeal of Jack Tar -- 14. Honor -- Pt. IV. War: 15. The odyssey of the Essex -- 16. The language of combat -- 17. Politics of war -- 18. Pursuit of peace -- 19. Dartmoor -- Pt. V. Memory: 20. Winning the peace -- 21. Remembering impressment -- 22. The persistent dream -- 23. Politics -- 24. Popular culture -- 25. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-404) and index.
Contents: Pt. I. Free Trade: 1. The Enlightenment and defining free trade -- 2. The revolutionary experience -- 3. The new diplomacy -- 4. Legacy -- Pt. II. Sailors' Rights: 5. Anglo-American traditions -- 6. The rise of Jack Tar -- 7. Impressment -- 8. Citizenship -- 9. The Hermione and the rights of man -- Pt. III. Origins: 10. Empire of liberty -- 11. Indians in the way -- 12. Contested commerce -- 13. The ordeal of Jack Tar -- 14. Honor -- Pt. IV. War: 15. The odyssey of the Essex -- 16. The language of combat -- 17. Politics of war -- 18. Pursuit of peace -- 19. Dartmoor -- Pt. V. Memory: 20. Winning the peace -- 21. Remembering impressment -- 22. The persistent dream -- 23. Politics -- 24. Popular culture -- 25. Conclusion.
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