William D. Riddell

On the Waves of Empire

U.S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924

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Produktbeschreibung

In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the United Statesâ acquisition of an overseas empire compelled the nation to reconsider the boundary between domestic and foreign--and between nation and empire. William D. Riddell looks at the experiences of merchant sailors and labor organizations to illuminate how domestic class conflict influenced Americaâ s emerging imperial system.

Produktdetails

• Working Class in American History
• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780252087301
• ISBN-10: 0252087305
• Artikelnr.: 67636894

Autorenporträt

William D. Riddell

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Seams of Empire
1. A Leak in the Ship of State”: Maritime Labor Reform and U.S. Imperial
Expansion, 1872-1900
2. Does Exclusion Follow the Flag? Imperial Labor Mobilization, Domestic
Organized Labor, and the Emergence of a U.S. Metropole, 1902-1908
3. Riding the Waves of Empire: Craft Unionism, the La Follette Seamen’s
Act of 1915, and the Economic Dimensions of U.S. Imperial Power,
1908 -1915
4. Agents of Empire: Merchant Sailors, the Great War, and the New
American Merchant Marine, 1898-1919
5. They Always Choose Exclusion: Internal Dissent, Postwar U.S. Maritime
Policy, and the Fall of the Sailors Unions, 1915-1924
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index