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Autore: | Thayer Johnathan |
Titolo: | Citizenship, Subversion, and Surveillance in U. S. Ports : Sailors Ashore / / Johnathan Thayer |
Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023] |
©2023 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
Disciplina: | 301.55 |
Soggetto topico: | Merchant mariners - United States |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Sailors Ashore -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapters 3 and 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 1: Saiors' Wardship, Maritime Ministry, and the Contest for New York City's Sailortown, 1843-1915 -- Invasion -- Conversion -- Control -- 25 South Street: "The Million-Dollar Home for Sailors" -- Janet Lord Roper, "Mother to 50,000 Seamen" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Merchant Seamen and the Parameters of Involuntary Servitude: The Arago Deserters and the United States Supreme Court, 1895-1897 -- Legal History, Labor History, and Merchant Seamen -- Desertion and Mobility in "Pirate City" -- The Right to Desert -- Robertson v. Baldwin -- Reaction -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: "Pandemonium on the Quay": The Titanic Disaster, the Olympic Mutiny, and the 1912 Transport Workers' Federation Strike -- The Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony at 25 South Street -- Mutiny on the RMS Olympic -- The Transport Workers General Strike in New York -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The 1915 Seamen's Act: Maritime Labor and Progressive Era Maritime Reform -- Historical Context -- Political Context -- White Supremacy -- Safety at Sea -- Emancipation -- Equalization -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Deserters, Stowaways, and Mala Fide Sailors: Merchant Seamen and the Shaping of U.S. Immigration Policy, 1917-1936 -- 1917-1924 -- The Johnson-Reed Act, 1924-1925 -- The Raker Amendments, 1925-1930 -- Raids: 1930-1931 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The "Million-Dollar Home for Sailors," Industrial Maritime Unionism, and Sailors' Agency in New York City's Sailortown, 1930-1932 -- 25 South Street -- Industrial Maritime Unionism -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Currents, Past and Future -- Recruitment and Training -- Losses and Casualties -- After the War -- Conclusion -- References -- Archival Collections -- Newspapers -- Court Cases. |
Legislation -- Congressional Records -- Manuscripts and Publications -- Index. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Citizenship, Subversion, and Surveillance in U. S. Ports |
ISBN: | 3-031-45618-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910799228003321 |
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