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Catherine DeCesare has produced an excellent book using the microcosm of the merchant ship John Jay to demonstrate that the maritime world of the early nineteenth-century did not exude our modern concepts of freedom of navigation, free trade, and rights of neutrality. Her outstanding scholarship places the crew of the John Jay at sea as the United States struggled to define its place amongst the waring giants of Europe, and personalizes the hardships placed on those who truly experienced the “rights of neutrals”. A must read for anyone interested in maritime history, the early American Republic and the War of 1812. * J. Ross Dancy, Associate Provost for Research, U.S. Naval War College, USA *

Catherine DeCesare has produced an excellent book using the microcosm of the merchant ship John Jay to demonstrate that the maritime world of the early nineteenth-century did not exude our modern concepts of freedom of navigation, free trade, and rights of neutrality. Her outstanding scholarship places the crew of the John Jay at sea as the United States struggled to define its place amongst the waring giants of Europe, and personalizes the hardships placed on those who truly experienced the “rights of neutrals”. A must read for anyone interested in maritime history, the early American Republic and the War of 1812. * J. Ross Dancy, Associate Provost for Research, U.S. Naval War College, USA * Exquisitely researched and beautifully written, Risk in the Anglo-Atlantic World explains the human experience and legal complexities of Early Republic maritime life and commerce in the Atlantic World. Drawing on her unparalleled knowledge of manuscript sources from Rhode Island’s Brown Family Business Records, DeCesare artfully engages with current Atlantic World historiography through the integration of the local, national, and international aspects of the time period. Setting a new standard for maritime microhistory, this book is essential reading for any student, scholar, or enthusiast of New England and North American maritime history. * John Jensen, Professor of Maritime History and Cultural Heritage, University of West Florida, USA *

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Catherine Osborne DeCesare is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

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