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contents introduction 1 PART I Foundations one Political Economy 17 two Stripes 51 three Settlement 84 PART II Development four Political Fabric 125 five Of Wharves and Men 153 six Rural Shipbuilding 183 seven Crews 207 vi contents PART III Town People eight Orphans 237 nine Prodigals or Milquetoasts? 263 epilogue 289 notes 297 selected primary sources 339 index 345 acknowledgments 353 ...

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