People, Place and Power on the Nineteenth-Century Waterfront

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Graeme J. Milne

   Pages 1-29

3. The Seafarer in the Age of Sail

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   Pages 31-62

4. The Maritime-Urban Frontier

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   Pages 63-101

5. Crimps and Crimping

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   Pages 103-137

6. Visions of Home

   • Graeme J. Milne

   Pages 139-177

7. The State in Sailortown

   • Graeme J. Milne

   Pages 179-211

8. Legacies: Sailortown in the Twentieth Century

   • Graeme J. Milne

   Pages 213-232

9. Back Matter

   Pages 233-266

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This book explores the tenuous existence of seafarers, divided between their time on the ocean and their residence in sailortown economies geared to exploit them. Particular attention is given both to the contribution of seafarers as a global workforce into the nineteenth century, and to their help in creating vibrant multicultural enclaves in port cities worldwide. In addition, research explores the scandalized opinions of outside observers, challenging ideas about public behavior and relationships. Sailortown myths persisted far into the twentieth century, to the detriment of older waterfront districts and their residents, and readers will find this book is invaluable in casting new light on forgotten communities, whose lives bridged urban, maritime and global histories.

• Maritime History
• Frontier History
• Port Culture
• Seafaring
• Nautical History

“This book provides the reader with a thorough, detailed and nuanced understanding of sailortown during the nineteenth century. … Milne’s book shines a light on a much under-researched area that has fallen between the historical sub-themes of maritime and urban history. … Milne has produced a book which will undoubtedly become an important contribution to both urban and maritime history.” (Brad Beaven, The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 29 (3), August, 2017)  

• University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Graeme J. Milne

Graeme J. Milne is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Liverpool, UK. He works on urban, maritime and economic history, and is the author of North East England, 1850-1914 (2006) and Trade and Traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool (2000).

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