Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812 by Paul A. Gilje (English) Pap

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Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812

by Paul A. Gilje

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. The book details the diplomatic history surrounding the War of 1812 and provides a brief narrative of the conflict itself.

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On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a 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 the 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.

Author Biography

Paul 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.

Table of Contents

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.

Review

"Paul A. Gilje, one of the most prominent historians of the Early American Republic, energetically argues that the War of 1812 was the moment in which the legacy of the American Revolution became tangible to multitudes of working-class Americans. The slogan 'Free Trade and Sailors' Rights' was a fusion of enlightened ideals and personal aspirations that endured in the popular imagination well into the nineteenth century. I know of no more forceful account of why many Americans thought the War of 1812 worth fighting." - Andrew Cayton, Miami University "The War of 1812 remains misunderstood. Paul Gilje's wonderful book helps us to understand the origins and consequences of the war. It is a finely wrought intellectual and cultural history that explains what the war meant to those who fought, as well how their descendants remembered the conflict. Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812 belongs on the short list of essential books on the 'Second War of Independence.'" - Frank Cogliano, University of Edinburgh "This is a fascinating work; an extremely valuable contribution to the literature on the Early American Republic. With rich detail, Gilje shows how a simple, but powerful, slogan kept the promise of the American Revolution alive in the hearts and minds of those outside the corridors of power." - Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard Law School "If there is one must-read book on the War of 1812, this is it. With clear prose, up-to-date scholarship, and stimulating interpretation, Paul Gilje recovers a lost world of how Americans explained a strange and seemingly inconclusive conflict to themselves. The wartime slogan, 'Free Trade and Sailors' Rights,' melded high economic theory, low political obfuscation, and genuine democratic impulses to ennoble an often ignoble cause and create a vision for the nation's future." - Daniel K. Richter, University of Pennsylvania "Paul A. Gilje has a well-deserved reputation as the preeminent historian of the American waterfront. In his new book, he examines the high and low cultures of maritime life to explain how the concepts of 'free trade' and 'sailors' rights' could carry the early republic through the ordeal of its second war with Great Britain. Drawing on his extensive familiarity with primary sources and material artifacts, Gilje gives us a deeply insightful reinterpretation of the meaning of the War of 1812 on the occasion of its bicentennial." - J. C. A. Stagg, University of Virginia

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"...this work makes an excellent contribution by studying the war from the perspective of both high and low culture." -Thomas Sheppard, H-War

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Examines the slogan 'free trade and sailors rights', tracing its sources to eighteenth-century thought and Americans' experience with impressment into the British navy.

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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. The book details the diplomatic history surrounding the War of 1812 and provides a brief narrative of the conflict itself.

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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. The book details the diplomatic history surrounding the War of 1812 and provides a brief narrative of the conflict itself.

Details ISBN1107607825 ISBN-10 1107607825 ISBN-13 9781107607828 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Language English Short Title FREE TRADE & SAILORS RIGHTS IN DEWEY 973.52 Publication Date 2013-03-18 Illustrations Yes Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 437 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2013-03-18 AU Release Date 2013-03-18 NZ Release Date 2013-03-18 Author Paul A. Gilje Publisher Cambridge University Press

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  • Condition: Brand New
  • ISBN-13: 9781107607828
  • Book Title: Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812
  • ISBN: 9781107607828
  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812
  • Item Height: 235mm
  • Author: Paul A. Gilje
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Item Width: 154mm
  • Subject: Government, History
  • Item Weight: 610g
  • Number of Pages: 437 Pages

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