Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Introduction: “Born to Rule the Seas” 1
5. 1. Schoolhouses Afloat 16
6. 2. Jim Crow Girdles the Globe 43
7. 3. Maritime Destiny as Manifest Destiny 74
8. 4. A Maritime Empire of Moral Depravity 102
9. 5. An Intimate History of Early America’s Maritime Empire 134
10. 6. Making Do at the Margins of Maritime Empire 164
11. Epilogue: Out of the Sailor’s Den, into the Tourist Trap 195
12. Notes 209
13. Index 257