British blockade runners in the American Civil War /

"Focusing on British involvement in the war, this history names the overseas bankers and manufacturers who, in need of cotton and other exports, financed and equipped the ships that ran the blockade. The author attempts to disentangle the names of the captains--many were Royal Navy officers on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKenna, Joseph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Temas:
1800-1899
Cotton trade > Confederate States of America > History.
Cotton trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Shipping > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Military assistance, British > Confederate States of America.
Assistance militaire britannique > États confédérés d'Amérique.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Blockade.
Commerce.
Cotton trade.
International relations.
Military assistance, British.
Military operations, Naval.
Shipping.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Confederate States of America > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America > Commerce > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Commerce > Confederate States of America.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Opérations navales.
Great Britain.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Confederacy in Britain tests the blockade
  • The British are coming
  • Transshipment into the Confederacy
  • A blockade to run through
  • The ship builders
  • The ships that ran the blockade
  • Girdles and guns: tales from the blockade-runners
  • Cotton bonds and the new plan
  • The end of the adventure.

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