The crescent obscured : the United States and the Muslim world, 1776-1815 /

From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allison, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Temas:
Islam > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
Islam > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
International relations
Islam > Public opinion
Public opinion
Public opinion, American
Africa, North > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Africa, North.
Africa, North > Foreign public opinion, American.
Afrique du Nord > Relations > États-Unis.
North Africa
United States
Barbareskenstaaten
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of Islam in the American mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of government.""A powerful ending that explains how the experience with the Barbary states compelled many Americans to look inward ... with increasing doubts about the institution of sla
Notas:Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-255) and index.
ISBN:9780226308579
022630857X

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