03992nam 2200733Ia 450 991045237440332120200520144314.01-283-89073-90-8122-0202-310.9783/9780812202021(CKB)2550000000104551(OCoLC)802051772(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576092(SSID)ssj0000750545(PQKBManifestationID)11517395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000750545(PQKBWorkID)10749114(PQKB)11782199(MiAaPQ)EBC3441652(MdBmJHUP)muse19572(DE-B1597)449059(OCoLC)1013964246(OCoLC)979577917(DE-B1597)9780812202021(Au-PeEL)EBL3441652(CaPaEBR)ebr10576092(CaONFJC)MIL420323(OCoLC)932312608(EXLCZ)99255000000010455120070319d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLiberty on the waterfront[electronic resource] American maritime culture in the Age of Revolution /Paul A. GiljePhiladelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania Pressc20041 online resource (359 p.) Early American studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-1993-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-323) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. ASHORE AND AFLOAT -- 1 The Sweets of Liberty -- 2 The Maid I Left Behind Me -- 3 A Sailor Ever Loves to Be in Motion -- PART II. REVOLUTION -- 4 The Sons of Neptune -- 5 Brave Republicans of the Ocean -- 6 Free Trade and Sailors' Rights -- PART III. LEGACY -- 7 Proper Objects of Christian Compassion -- 8 The Ark of the Liberties of the World -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index -- AcknowledgmentsThrough careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought.In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature-often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice.Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812.Early American studies.SailorsUnited StatesHistory18th centurySailorsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySeafaring lifeUnited StatesHistory18th centurySeafaring lifeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistory, NavalTo 1900Electronic books.SailorsHistorySailorsHistorySeafaring lifeHistorySeafaring lifeHistory305.93875097Gilje Paul A.1951-480873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452374403321Liberty on the waterfront2486255UNINA