Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty me...

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in sweari...

On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a free trade a...

On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming ''a free trade ...

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in sweari...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

Europe's crucial contribution to the achievement of American independence.American independence w...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

Examines the slogan 'free trade and sailors rights', tracing its sources to eighteenth-century th...

This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, ...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

In this collection of essays, social and economic historians consider the rise of capitalism in t...