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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.
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Machine generated contents note: 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
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ISBN 9781107607828
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ISBN 9781107025080
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107025080
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107607828
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Erscheint auch als Gilje, Paul A., 1951 - Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 1107607825
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ISBN 1107025087
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107607828
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ISBN 9781107025080
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Print version ISBN 9781107025080
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Britisch-Amerikanischer Krieg
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Freihandel
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139177269
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