The Early Republic and the Sea

by Dudley, William S.; Crawford, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9781574883718
• ISBN10: 1574883712
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

These eleven essays, interspersed with illustrations and maps, constitute a valuable contribution to the understanding of America's naval and maritime heritage.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Maritime Commerce and the Sea Services	p. 1
The Naval Movement of the Confederation Era	p. 3
Patterns of Northern New England Smuggling, 1789-1820	p. 35
Charting a New Course for the China Trade: The Late Eighteenth-Century American Model	p. 55
The Lady Washington at Kushimoto, Japan, in 1791	p. 83
Daniel Caulkins's Voyage: An Incident of the Quasi-War	p. 101
Lewis Warrington and the USS Peacock in the Sunda Strait, June 1815	p. 115
War on the Slave Trade: Changing Fortunes in Antebellum U.S. Courts of the Mid-Atlantic South	p. 139
James Fenimore Cooper and the Birth of American Maritime Experience	p. 191
Enabling and Disabling the Lake Erie Discussion: James Fenimore Cooper and Alexander Slidell MacKenzie Respond to the Perry-Elliott Controversy	p. 193
Nelson Resartus: Legitimate Order in Cooper's Fleet Novel	p. 207
Fact and Fiction: The Uses of Maritime History in Cooper's Afloat and Ashore	p. 215
Cooper as Passenger	p. 225
Index	p. 238
About the Contributors	p. 254
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