These eleven essays, interspersed with illustrations and maps, constitute a valuable contribution to the understanding of America's naval and maritime heritage.
Illustrations
p. vii
Introduction
p. ix
Maritime Commerce and the Sea Services
p. 1
The Naval Movement of the Confederation Era
p. 3
Patterns of Northern New England Smuggling, 1789-1820
p. 35
Charting a New Course for the China Trade: The Late Eighteenth-Century American Model
p. 55
The Lady Washington at Kushimoto, Japan, in 1791
p. 83
Daniel Caulkins's Voyage: An Incident of the Quasi-War
p. 101
Lewis Warrington and the USS Peacock in the Sunda Strait, June 1815
p. 115
War on the Slave Trade: Changing Fortunes in Antebellum U.S. Courts of the Mid-Atlantic South
p. 139
James Fenimore Cooper and the Birth of American Maritime Experience
p. 191
Enabling and Disabling the Lake Erie Discussion: James Fenimore Cooper and Alexander Slidell MacKenzie Respond to the Perry-Elliott Controversy
p. 193
Nelson Resartus: Legitimate Order in Cooper's Fleet Novel
p. 207
Fact and Fiction: The Uses of Maritime History in Cooper's Afloat and Ashore
p. 215
Cooper as Passenger
p. 225
Index
p. 238
About the Contributors
p. 254
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