Risk in the Anglo-Atlantic World - The American Ship John Jay, the HMS Driver, and the Napoleonic Wars

Traces a micro-history of the John Jay using legal records to illustrate political and legal challenges faced by US maritime business in the Atlantic

About the author

Catherine Osborne DeCesare is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Decesare, Catherine Osborne DeCesare
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9781666967944
• ISBN: 978-1-6669-6794-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Illustrations: 10 bw illus, 1 bw photo, and 1 table
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, History of the Americas, Naval forces and warfare, Napoleonic Wars, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Sea