Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty...

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in sweari...

On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a free trade a...

On 2 July 1812, Captain David Porter raised a banner on the USS Essex proclaiming 'a free trade a...

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in sweari...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

They recreate the rhythms of daily life, clarify the impact of political and social changes on wo...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

Examines the slogan 'free trade and sailors rights', tracing its sources to eighteenth-century th...

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revol...

America between the Revolution and the Civil War was a society in full adolescence. Vibrant, cock...

Examines the slogan 'free trade and sailors rights', tracing its sources to eighteenth-century th...