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020			_a9781139177269 (ebook)
020			_z9781107025080 (hardback)
020			_z9781107607828 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aE354 _b.G464 2013
082	0	0	_a973.5/2 _223
100	1		_aGilje, Paul A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFree Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812 / _cPaul A. Gilje.
246	3		_aFree Trade & Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (438 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aOn 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a free trade and sailors rights', thus creating a political slogan that explained the War of 1812. Free trade demanded the protection of American commerce, while sailors' rights insisted that the British end the impressment of seamen from American ships. Repeated for decades in Congress and in taverns, the slogan reminds us today that the second war with Great Britain was not a mistake. It was a contest for the ideals of the American Revolution bringing together both the high culture of the Enlightenment to establish a new political economy and the low culture of the common folk to assert the equality of humankind. Understanding the War of 1812 and the motto that came to explain it – free trade and sailors' rights – allows us to better comprehend the origins of the American nation.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107025080
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177269
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37240 _d37240