With sails whitening every sea : mariners and the making of an American maritime empire /
Many Americans in the Early Republic era saw the seas as another field for national aggrandizement. With a merchant marine that competed against Britain for commercial supremacy and a whaling fleet that circled the globe, the United States sought a maritime empire to complement its territorial ambit...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca ; London :
Cornell University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | United States in the world.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |