Jack Tar vs. John Bull: The Role of New York's Seamen in Precipitating the Revolution
Author:   Jesse Lemisch
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Edition:   Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780815327882


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 June 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Jack Tar vs. John Bull: The Role of New York's Seamen in Precipitating the Revolution


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Author:   Jesse Lemisch
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780815327882


ISBN 10:   0815327889
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 June 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Who Was Jack Tar?; Chapter 2 Impressment of Seamen in Colonial New York; Chapter 3 Jack Tar on the Beach: The Birth of the Mob; Chapter 4 Jack Tar in the Streets: The Stamp Act Crisis; Chapter 5 Jack Tar in the Streets: Before the Mast of Liberty, 1766–1770;

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... a very well-crafted price of work that reminds historians that it is possible to be sympathetic to those in subordinate positions in society without idealizing them. <br>- Labor History <br>.. refreshing both for its meticulous research and the contribution it makes to our understanding of the complex relationship between class conflicts within the British colonies and the colonial struggle for independence from Great Britain. <br>-Against the Current <br>... grounded in a remarkably exhaustive and creative use of primary and secondary resources. <br>-New Politics <br>


... a very well-crafted price of work that reminds historians that it is possible to be sympathetic to those in subordinate positions in society without idealizing them. - Labor History .. refreshing both for its meticulous research and the contribution it makes to our understanding of the complex relationship between class conflicts within the British colonies and the colonial struggle for independence from Great Britain. -Against the Current ... grounded in a remarkably exhaustive and creative use of primary and secondary resources. -New Politics


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Jesse Lemisch Department of History John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York

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