From Captives to Consuls : Three Sailors in Barbary and Their Self-Making across the Early American Republic, 1770-1840 /

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"This book explores how three white American sailors who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Richard O'Brien, James Cathcart, and James Riley) turned their experiences of captivity in the Barbary States of North Africa into modest upward mobility in the form of diplomatic car...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodin, Brett, 1987- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Riley, James, > 1777-1840.
Cathcart, James L. > (James Leander), > 1767-1843.
O'Brien, Richard, > approximately 1758-1824.
National characteristics, American > History.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war (Islamic law) > Algeria > Biography.
Prisoners of war (Islamic law) > United States > Biography.
Africa, North > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Africa, North.
United States > History > Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book explores how three white American sailors who lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Richard O'Brien, James Cathcart, and James Riley) turned their experiences of captivity in the Barbary States of North Africa into modest upward mobility in the form of diplomatic careers; their bids for betterment reflect important commercial, ideological, and diplomatic developments of the early American republic at a time when it began expanding westward"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421438986

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