With sails whitening every sea : mariners and the making of an American maritime empire /
Rouleau, Brian,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Born to rule the seas -- Schoolhouses afloat -- Jim Crow girdles the globe -- Maritime destiny as manifest destiny -- A maritime empire of moral depravity -- An intimate history of maritime empire -- Making do at the margins of maritime empire -- Epilogue: out of the sailor's den, into the tourist trap.
Sailors
Sea-power