{"product_id":"the-republic-afloat-law-honor-and-citizenship-in-maritime-america-american-beginnings-15001900-9780226924007","title":"The Republic Afloat: Law  Honor  and Citizenship in Maritime America (American Beginnings  1500-1900)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 the national government to address questions about personal honor  dignity  the rights of labor  and the meaning and privileges of citizenship  often for the first time. By examining how and why merchant seamen and their officers came into contact with the law  Matthew Taylor Raffety exposes the complex relationship between brutal crimes committed at sea and the development of a legal consciousness within both the judiciary and among seafarers in this period.  The Republic Afloat tracks how seamen conceived of themselves as individuals and how they defined their place within the United States. Of interest to historians of labor  law  maritime culture  and national identity in the early republic  Raffetys work reveals much about the ways that merchant seamen sought to articulate the ideals of freedom and citizenship before the courts of the landand how they helped to shape the laws of the young republic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651577700405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226924009","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226924007.jpg?v=1781835925","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-republic-afloat-law-honor-and-citizenship-in-maritime-america-american-beginnings-15001900-9780226924007","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}