Citizen Sailors - Becoming American in the Age of Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Early American and Atlantic History at the University of Southern California. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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

• Authors: Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2015
• EAN: 9780674286153
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28615-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), maritime history, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799