{"product_id":"liberty-on-the-waterfront-american-maritime-culture-in-the-age-of-revolution-paperback","title":"Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul A. Gilje\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiberty on the Waterfront American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution Paul A. Gilje Winner of the 2005 SHEAR Book Prize Winner of the 2004 John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History \"In its ambitious sweep and encyclopedic detail, Gilje's rendering of American maritime culture during the tumultuous century from 1750 to 1850 is unlikely to be surpassed.\"--\u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eLiberty on the Waterfront\u003c\/i\u003e dramatically alters past perceptions of sailors and their worlds afloat and ashore. . . . A broad-based and skillfully crafted piece of social history.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e \"This well-written, well-illustrated volume should become the standard, most accessible single source on seamen in antebellum America for many years to come.\"--\u003ci\u003eReviews in American History\u003c\/i\u003e \"In its ambitious sweep and encyclopedic detail, Gilje's rendering of American maritime culture during the tumultuous century from 1750 to 1850 is unlikely to be surpassed.\"--\u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e Through 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 \u003ci\u003eLiberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cb\u003ePaul A. Gilje\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRioting in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834\u003c\/i\u003e. Early American Studies 2003 360 pages 6 x 9 43 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1993-7 Paper $26.50s  17.50 World Rights American History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul A. Gilje is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Rioting in America and The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.82 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130685657223,"sku":"9780812219937","price":47.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b3b7213acb896a25bc8613675d932f52.webp?v=1732612930","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/liberty-on-the-waterfront-american-maritime-culture-in-the-age-of-revolution-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}