To Swear Like a Sailor - Maritime Culture in America, 17501850

Informationen zum Autor Paul Gilje is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma. His book Liberty on the Waterfront (2003) won the best book award from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. He is the author or editor of ten other books, including, most recently, Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812 (2013). He has lectured throughout the United States and in Europe and has received numerous grants to support his research. In 2009–10, he served as President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. Klappentext This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture. Zusammenfassung This book is for readers interested in American maritime history and in the history of the United States before 1850. Using a wide range of sources! including cursing! language! logbooks! spinning yarns! sailor songs! and material culture! the book demonstrates that the United States was once a maritime nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. To swear like a sailor; 2. The language of Jack Tar; 3. The logbook of memory; 4. Spinning yarns; 5. Songs of the sailorman; 6. The pirates' own book; 7. Tar-stained images; Epilogue. The sea chest.

Product details

• Authors: Paul A Gilje, Paul A. Gilje, Paul A. (University of Oklahoma) Gilje
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2016
• EAN: 9780521762359
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76235-9
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas