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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465106803321

Autore

Gilje Paul A. <1951->

Titolo

Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812 / / Paul A. Gilje [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-35760-8

1-107-23629-0

1-107-34548-0

1-107-34798-X

1-107-25463-9

1-107-34173-6

1-139-17726-5

1-299-31892-4

1-107-34423-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

973.5/2

Soggetti

Mottoes - United States - History - 19th century

Free trade - United States - History - 19th century

Sailors - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Impressment - History - 19th century

United States History War of 1812

United States Foreign relations 1783-1815

United States Commerce History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Free Trade: 1. The Enlightenment and defining free trade; 2. The revolutionary experience; 3. The new diplomacy; 4. Legacy; Part 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; Part III. Origins: 10. Empire of liberty; 11. Indians in the way; 12. Contested commerce; 13. The ordeal of Jack Tar; 14. Honor; Part IV: War: 15. The odyssey of the Essex; 16. The language of combat; 17. Politics of war; 18. Pursuit



of peace; 19. Dartmoor; Part V. Memory: 20. Winning the peace; 21. Remembering impressment; 22. The persistent dream; 23. Politics; 24. Popular culture; 25. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a 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. Repeated for decades in Congress and in taverns, the slogan reminds us today that the second war with Great Britain was not a mistake. It was a contest for the ideals of the American Revolution bringing together both the high culture of the Enlightenment to establish a new political economy and the low culture of the common folk to assert the equality of humankind. Understanding the War of 1812 and the motto that came to explain it - free trade and sailors' rights - allows us to better comprehend the origins of the American nation.

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Record Nr.

UNISANNIOMIL0075392

Titolo

Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di diritto processuale civile dell'Universita di Roma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Giuffre, 1962-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Livello bibliografico

Periodico