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On the Waves of Empire: U. S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924 by William D. Riddell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the United States' acquisition of an overseas empire compelled the nation to reconsider the boundary between domestic and foreign--and between nation and empire. William D. Riddell looks at the experiences of merchant sailors and labor organizations to illuminate how domestic class conflict influenced America's emerging imperial system. Maritime workers crossed ever-shifting boundaries that forced them to reckon with the collision of different labor
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William D. Riddell
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252045165
- Category
- nonfiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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