From captives to consuls : three sailors in Barbary and their self-making across the early American Republic, 1770-1840 /
This book explores how three white American sailors who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Richard O'Brien, James Cathcart and James Riley) turned their experiences of captivity in the Barbary States of North Africa into modest upward mobility in the form of diplomatic careers; t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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| Summary: | This book explores how three white American sailors who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Richard O'Brien, James Cathcart and James Riley) turned their experiences of captivity in the Barbary States of North Africa into modest upward mobility in the form of diplomatic careers; their bids for betterment reflect important commercial, ideological and diplomatic developments of the early American republic at a time when it began expanding westward. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421438979 1421438976 |