To Swear like a Sailor

Maritime Culture in America, 1750-1850

AvPaul A. Gilje

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in swearing. But how they swore and the reasons for their bad language were not strictly wedded to maritime things. Instead, sailor swearing, indeed all swearing in this period, was connected to larger developments. This book traces the interaction between the maritime and mainstream world in the United States while examining cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, images, and material goods. To Swear Like a Sailor offers insight into the character of Jack Tar - the common seaman - and into the early republic. It illuminates the cultural connections between Great Britain and the United States and the appearance of a distinct American national identity. The book explores the emergence of sentimental notions about the common man - through the guise of the sailor - appearing on stage, in song, in literature, and in images.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-15
Mått:152 x 227 x 21 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:410
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521746168

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Paul Gilje is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma. His book Liberty on the Waterfront (2003) won the best book award from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. He is the author or editor of ten other books, including, most recently, Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812 (2013). He has lectured throughout the United States and in Europe and has received numerous grants to support his research. In 2009–10, he served as President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic.

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'From the pen of a premier historian of early working and seafaring Americans comes a fascinating new work of cultural history. To Swear like a Sailor starts with the idea that language offers a window into the intellect and the 'soul' of the user. Gilje sets out to study the expressions of his saltwater people in literally every form he can trace: curses, jargon, log books, yarns, songs, and drawings. A clever epilogue on the sea chest as the container of a sailor's trove of worldly possessions packs the whole subject back into a carrying case. The execution is both artful and accessible.' John L. Larson, Purdue University, and author of The Market Revolution

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. To swear like a sailor; 2. The language of Jack Tar; 3. The logbook of memory; 4. Spinning yarns; 5. Songs of the sailorman; 6. The pirates' own book; 7. Tar-stained images; Epilogue. The sea chest.