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American Seamen
Atlantic world history
Author_Jesse Lemisch
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colonial maritime labor
Common Seamen
Disorderly House
eighteenth century New York
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General Gage
Golden Hill
Governor Moore
Greenwich Hospital
isaac
Isaac Sears
Jack Tar
John Montresor
King William's War
King William’s War
labor history research
liberty
Liberty Pole
Majesty's Ships
Majesty’s Ships
merchant
Merchant Marine
Merchant Service
pole
revolutionary era uprisings
seamen resistance in colonial America
sears
service
Ship's Boat
Ship’s Boat
social protest movements
stamp
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Stamp Act Crisis
Stamp Act Riots
Stamp Distributor
Top Gallants
Violated
Yellow Vest
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780815327882
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This classic study explores the role of merchant seamen in precipitating the American revolution. It analyzes the participation of seamen in impressment riots, the Stamp Act Riot, the Battle of Golden Hill, and other incidents. The book describes these events and explores the social world of the seamen, offering explanations for their actions. Focusing on the culture, politics, and experiences of early American seamen, this legendary study played an important role in the development of histories of the common people and has inspired generations of social and early American historians. Lemisch's later related article, Jack Tar in the Streets, was named one of the ten most important articles ever published in the prestigious William and Mary Quarterly. Long unavailable, this edition includes an index and an appreciative foreword by Marcus Rediker, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750 (Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, 1962)
Jesse Lemisch Department of History John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York
