With Sails Whitening Every Sea: Mariners and the Making of an American Maritime Empire

by Brian Rouleau

Many Americans in the Early Republic era saw the seas as another field for national aggrandizement. With a merchant marine that competed against Britain for commercial supremacy and a whaling fleet that circled the globe, the United States sought a maritime empire to complement its territorial ambitions in North America. In With Sails Whitening Every Sea, Brian Rouleau argues that because of their ubiquity in foreign ports, American sailors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801452333
• ISBN13: 9780801452338
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher