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001 2012014474
003 DLC
005 20120416160517.0
008 120406s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012014474
020 $a9781107025080 (hardback)
020 $a9781107607828 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aE354$b.G464 2012
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100 1 $aGilje, Paul A.,$d1951-
245 10 $aFree trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812 /$cPaul A. Gilje.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1211
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This book examines the political slogan "free trade and sailors rights" and traces its sources to eighteenth-century intellectual thought and Americans' previous experience with impressment into the British navy"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"On July 2, 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming free trade and sailors rights thus creating a political slogan that explained the War of 1812. Free trade demanded the protection of American commerce, while sailors, rights insisted that the British end the impressment of seamen from American ships. Repeated for decades in Congress and in taverns, the slogan reminds us today that our second war with Great Britain was not a mistake. It was a contest for the ideals of the American Revolution bringing together both the high culture of the Enlightenment to establish a new political economy and the low culture of the common folk to assert the equality of humankind. Understanding the War of 1812 and the motto that came to explain it free trade and sailors, rights allows us to better comprehend the origins of the American nation"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1783-1815.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCommerce$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMottoes$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFree trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSailors$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
650 0 $aImpressment$xHistory$y19th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century$2bisacsh.