To Swear like a Sailor
Maritime Culture In America, 1750-1850
- Editore:
Cambridge University Press
- EAN:
9780521762359
- ISBN:
0521762359
- Pagine:
- 394
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione To Swear like a Sailor
This book is for readers interested in American maritime history and in the history of the United States before 1850. Using a wide range of sources, including cursing, language, logbooks, spinning yarns, sailor songs, and material culture, the book demonstrates that the United States was once a maritime nation.
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