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Rough Waters - Sovereignty and the American Merchant Flag (Hardcover)
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Rough Waters - Sovereignty and the American Merchant Flag (Hardcover)
Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology
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Rough Waters traces the evolution of the role of the U.S. merchant
ship flag,and the U.S. merchant fleet itself. Rodney Carlisle looks
at conduct andcommerce at sea from the earliest days of the
country, when battles at seawere fought over honor and the flag, to
the current American-owned merchantfleet sailing under flags of
convenience via foreign registries. Carlisleexamines the world-wide
use, legality, and continued acceptance of thispractice, as well as
measures to off-set its ill effects. Looking at the interwar period
of 1919-1939, Carlisle examines how thepractice of foreign registry
of American-owned vessels began on a large scale,led by Standard
Oil with tankers under the flag of the Free City of Danzig
andfollowed by Panama. The work spells out how the United States
helped furtherthe practice of registry in Panama and Liberia after
World War II. Rough Watersconcludes with a look at how the practice
of foreign registry shapespresent-day commerce and labor relations.
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