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People, Place and Power on the Nineteenth-Century Waterfront

Sailortown

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Graeme J. Milne

    1. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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  • First book to focus on this area of history
  • Bridges gaps between urban and maritime histories
  • Explores the growing fields of global and oceanic histories

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  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

    • Graeme J. Milne
    Pages 31-62

  4. The Maritime-Urban Frontier

    • Graeme J. Milne
    Pages 63-101

  5. Crimps and Crimping

    • Graeme J. Milne
    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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About this book

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.

Reviews

“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)  

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Graeme J. Milne

About the author

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).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: People, Place and Power on the Nineteenth-Century Waterfront

  • Book Subtitle: Sailortown

  • Authors: Graeme J. Milne

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33159-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33158-4Published: 05 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81442-1Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33159-1Published: 24 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 266

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Labor History, Cultural History

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