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Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
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Description for Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
Hardcover. After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship." Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; HBWF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation's seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship.
After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation's seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship.
Product Details
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674286153
SKU
V9780674286153
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About Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Early American and Atlantic History at the University of Southern California.
Reviews for Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
Citizen Sailors is a useful reminder that Revolutionary America was more inclusive than the republic would become in the 19th century and than some might wish to make it today. By skillfully coaxing narratives out of previously unorganized troves of documents, Perl-Rosenthal lets us see that the Custom House certificates 'offered a glimmer of a far more inclusive model of ... Read more