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03809aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 CE5A9556EC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171229012527 008 160721t20162016enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1107112141 020 $a 9781107112148 035 $a (OCoLC)953981339 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d BDX $d CDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BNG $d GZN $d OCL $d AJB $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 4 $a E271 $b .M19 2016 100 1 $a Magra, Christopher Paul, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006115175 245 10 $a Poseidon's curse : $b British Naval impressment and Atlantic origins of the American Revolution / $c Christopher P. Magra. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xiv, 335 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 8 $a Poseidon's Curse' interprets the American Revolution from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher P. Magra traces how British naval impressment played a leading role in the rise of Great Britain's seaborne empire, yet ultimately contributed significantly to its decline. Long reliant on appropriating free laborers to man the warships that defended British colonies and maritime commerce, the British severely jeopardized mariners' earning potential and occupational mobility, which led to deep resentment toward the British Empire. Magra explains how anger about impressment translated into revolutionary ideology, with impressment eventually occupying a major role in the Declaration of Independence as one of the foremost grievances Americans had with the British government. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Part I : A seaborne empire in the Atlantic world. Seapower and commerce : an Atlantic minuet -- British naval impressment in the Atlantic world -- Part II : Resentment in the Atlantic world. Merchants and maritime profits -- Merchants and maritime property -- Merchants and Mare Liberum -- Mariners and maritime earnings -- Mariners and maritime employment -- Mariners and liberty -- Part III : Rebellion in North America. A spirit of rebellion -- Rebellious acts -- Conclusion. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x History $y 18th century. 610 17 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00529487 611 27 $a American Revolution (1775-1783) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351668 651 0 $a United States $x Naval operations. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Naval operations. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140167 651 0 $a United States $x Causes. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Causes. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140149 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139 650 0 $a Impressment $z Great Britain $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Impressment $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Sailors $z Great Britain $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Sailors $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Naval $y 18th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846 650 7 $a Impressment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00968269 650 7 $a Sailors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01103543 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 655 7 $a Naval history. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411632 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411632 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020012611.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE5A9556EC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search