With sails whitening every sea : mariners and the making of an American maritime empire /

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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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rouleau, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Series:United States in the world.
Subjects:
Seemann
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1800-1899
Sailors > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Sea-power > United States > History > 19th century.
Marins > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Puissance maritime > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Sailors > Social conditions
Sea-power
Außenpolitik
Seemacht
Soziale Situation
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 19e siècle.
United States
Electronic book.
History
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