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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Chapter One: American Policy Toward the Muslim World; Chapter Two: The United States and the Specter of Islam; Chapter Three: A Peek Into the Seraglio: Americans, Sex, and the Muslim World; Chapter Four: American Slavery and the Muslim World; Chapter Five: American Captives in the Muslim World; Chapter Six: The Muslim World and American Benevolence; Chapter Seven: American Consuls in the Muslim World; Chapter Eight: Remembering the Tripolitan War; Chapter Nine: James Riley, the Return of the Captive; Notes; Index.

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