Citizenship, Subversion, and Surveillance in U.S. Ports Sailors Ashore /
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| Summary: | XVIII, 185 p. 12 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Global Studies in Social and Cultural Maritime History
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45618-3 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sailors Ashore
- Chapter 1. Sailors’ Wardship, Maritime Ministry, and the Contest for New York City’s Sailortown, 1843-1915
- Chapter 2. Merchant Seamen and the Parameters of Involuntary Servitude: The Arago Deserters and the United States Supreme Court, 1895-1897
- Chapter 3. “Pandemonium on the Quay”: The Titanic Disaster, the Olympic Mutiny, and the 1912 Transport Workers’ Federation Strike
- Chapter 4. The 1915 Seamen’s Act: Maritime Labor and Progressive Era Maritime Reform
- Chapter 5. Deserters, Stowaways, and Mala Fide Sailors: Merchant Seamen and the Shaping of U.S. Immigration Policy, 1917-1936
- Chapter 6. The “Million-Dollar Home for Sailors,” Industrial Maritime Unionism, and Sailors’ Agency in New York City’s Sailortown, 1930-1932
- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Currents, Past and Future.