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Raising the Flag : America's First Envoys in Faraway Lands /
Since its inception the United States has sent envoys to advance American interests abroad, both across oceans and to areas that later became part of the country. Little has been known about these first envoys until now. From China to Chile, Tripoli to Tahiti, Mexico to Muscat, Peter D. Eicher chron...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Lincoln] :
An ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Book an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. For Tea and Country: Samuel Shaw and the First American Contacts with China
- 2. To the Shores of Tripoli: James Cathcart, William Eaton, and the First Barbary War
- 3. Diplomacy in New Orleans: The Intriguing Career of Daniel Clark
- 4. Inventing Interventionism: Joel Poinsett in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
- 5. Cochin China, Siam, and Muscat: The Remarkable Travels of Edmund Roberts
- 6. The Commodore as Diplomat: David Porter at the Sublime Porte
- 7. Adventures in Paradise: Jacques-Antoine Moerenhout, Samuel Blackler, and the Occupation of Tahiti
- 8. The Land of Gold: Thomas Larkin, William Leidesdorff, and the Americanization of California
- 9. Shimoda and the Shogun: Townshend Harris and the Opening of Japan
- Afterword.