ISBN: 9780226924007 - the republic afloat: law, honor, and citizenship in maritime america (9 risultati)

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hardcover. Condizione: Good. Illustrated. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Cloth hardcover, viii + 277 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Very good, untorn dust jacket shows gentle creasing. -- Contents: Introduction: The Lorena, 1849; Part I Law -- 1 Learning the Ropes: The Legal Structure of Labor at Sea 2 The Education of Samuel Betts: Developing a National Maritime Law 3 Discipline but Not Punish: The Law and Labor Control at Sea 4 'All Is Violence': Mutiny and Revolt as Labor Negotiation; Part II Honor -- 5 Forecastle Law: Personal Honor and the Defense of Custom at Sea 6 'Good Officers Make Good Men': The Changing Meanings of Honor on the Quarterdeck; Part III Citizen -- 7 Our Man in Liverpool: The Consular Service and American Citizenship 8 'Equality Seemed to Be the Order of the Day': Seaman, Citizenship, and National Identity 9 'We Are Eminently a Maritime People': Seafarers and the American Character; Conclusion: Jack Tar, American; Notes; Index -- In the years before the Civil War, many Americans saw the sea as a world apart, an often violent and insular culture governed by its own definitions of honor and ruled by its own authorities. The truth, however, is that legal cases that originated at sea had a tendency to come ashore and force the national government to address questions about personal honor, dignity, the rights of labor, and the meaning and privileges of citizenship, often for the first time. By examining how and why merchant seamen and their officers came into contact with the law, Matthew Taylor Raffety exposes the complex relationship between brutal crimes committed at sea and the development of a legal consciousness within both the judiciary and among seafarers in this period. The Republic Afloat tracks how seamen conceived of themselves as individuals and how they defined their place within the United States. Of interest to historians of labor, law, maritime culture, and national identity in the early republic, Raffety's work reveals much about the ways that merchant seamen sought to articulate the ideals of freedom and citizenship before the courts of the land—and how they helped to shape the laws of the young republic. …

Condizione: New. In the years before the Civil War, many Americans saw the sea as a world apart, an often violent and insular culture governed by its own definitions of honor and ruled by its own authorities. This title tracks how seamen conceived of themselves as individuals and how they defined their place within the United States. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531. . 2013. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .…

Condizione: New. In the years before the Civil War, many Americans saw the sea as a world apart, an often violent and insular culture governed by its own definitions of honor and ruled by its own authorities. This title tracks how seamen conceived of themselves as individuals and how they defined their place within the United States. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531. . 2013. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condizione: New. pp. 288.

Condizione: New. pp. 288.

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…