The Republic afloat : law, honor, and citizenship in maritime America /
"In the years before the Civil War, many Americans saw the sea as a world apart, an often violent and insular culture governed by its own definitions of honor and ruled by its own authorities. The truth, however, is that legal cases that originated at sea had a tendency to come ashore and force...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | American beginnings, 1500-1900
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Second Floor
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KF1104 .R34 2013
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