LEADER 03992nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910452374403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89073-9 010 $a0-8122-0202-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202021 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104551 035 $a(OCoLC)802051772 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000750545 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11517395 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000750545 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10749114 035 $a(PQKB)11782199 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441652 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19572 035 $a(DE-B1597)449059 035 $a(OCoLC)1013964246 035 $a(OCoLC)979577917 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202021 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441652 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576092 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420323 035 $a(OCoLC)932312608 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104551 100 $a20070319d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiberty on the waterfront$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican maritime culture in the Age of Revolution /$fPaul A. Gilje 210 $aPhiladelphia, PA $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 225 1 $aEarly American studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-1993-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-323) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tPART I. ASHORE AND AFLOAT -- $t1 The Sweets of Liberty -- $t2 The Maid I Left Behind Me -- $t3 A Sailor Ever Loves to Be in Motion -- $tPART II. REVOLUTION -- $t4 The Sons of Neptune -- $t5 Brave Republicans of the Ocean -- $t6 Free Trade and Sailors' Rights -- $tPART III. LEGACY -- $t7 Proper Objects of Christian Compassion -- $t8 The Ark of the Liberties of the World -- $tEpilogue -- $tGlossary -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aThrough careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought.In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature-often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice.Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812. 410 0$aEarly American studies. 606 $aSailors$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSailors$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSeafaring life$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSeafaring life$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval$yTo 1900 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSailors$xHistory 615 0$aSailors$xHistory 615 0$aSeafaring life$xHistory 615 0$aSeafaring life$xHistory 676 $a305.93875097 700 $aGilje$b Paul A.$f1951-$0480873 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452374403321 996 $aLiberty on the waterfront$92486255 997 $aUNINA