Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812 (Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421417472 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her notes, tables, and charts are jewels in themselvesher book points the way forward, providing a wealth of information that will guide future scholars navigating privateer waters. Do we need yet another? The answer is yes. Privateering during the War of 1812 has long needed a modern historical perspective. She demonstrates concisely how it worked as both a risky business venture and as a means of waging war on the high seas. Kert's work, Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1912, capably fills the gap and adds a valuable chapter to the literature of the war. (Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society News)Kert’s work has opened an invaluable window into the lives of the entrepreneurial warriors who played a critical, yet poorly understood, role during the War of 1812. (H-Net Reviews)a fine study (Journal of America's Military Past)A prodigious body of empirical research is distilled into a co
"These privateers were not upscale pirates. They were calculated business gambles as much as anything else." according to lyndonbrecht. This is an admirably short, thoroughly researched and nicely written account of privateers. It's an aspect of the War of 1812 that tends to be thought of in a sort of swashbuckling aura, as if they were upscale pirates, but they were a thoroughly capitalist enterprise on all sides. Navy personnel suffered the same hazardous conditions with the addition of harsher discipline, but had less potential for reward--the luck few privateers made some investors, owners and officers wealthy.There we. Maritime war of 1812 A throughly researched and brilliantly written account of Privateers during the war of 1812. MS Kert has a delightful and witty turn of phrasewhich gives the reader insight to the life of a privateer and the governments which legalized the seizure of enemy ships .
Kert is an independent historian who earned her PhD from the University of Leiden. Faye M. She is the author of Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick and Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812.
Fascinating, unfamiliar, and full of surprises, this book will appeal to historians and general readers alike.. Kert introduces readers to U.S. During the War of 1812, most clashes on the high seas involved privately owned merchant ships, not official naval vessels. Licensed by their home governments and considered key weapons of maritime warfare, these ships were authorized to attack and seize enemy traders. Kert highlights the economic, strategic, social, and political impact of privateering on both sides and explains why