Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution
Paul A. Gilje
360 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 43 illus.
Cloth 2003 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3756-6 | $32.50 | £21.50
Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1993-7 | $24.95 | £16.50
A volume in the Early American Studies series
Winner of the 2005 SHEAR Book Prize and the 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."–William and Mary Quarterly
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