With sails whitening every sea mariners and the making of an American maritime empire

With sails whitening every sea : mariners and the making of an American maritime empire / Brian Rouleau.

Author/creator	Rouleau, Brian
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Description	xi, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Sailors--United States --Social conditions --19th century. Sea-power--United States --History --19th century. United States--Foreign relations --19th century.

Series	United States in the world United States in the world. ^A765710
Contents	Born to rule the seas -- Schoolhouses afloat -- Jim Crow girdles the globe -- Maritime destiny as manifest destiny -- A maritime empire of moral depravity -- An intimate history of maritime empire -- Making do at the margins of maritime empire -- Epilogue: out of the sailor's den, into the tourist trap.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014024630
ISBN	9780801452338 (cloth : alk. paper)

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