Warship under Sail : The USS Decatur in the Pacific West /

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A social history of the nineteenth-century sloop of war "Decatur," that illuminates American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific Northwest

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McConaghy, Lorraine
Corporate Author: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : in association with University of Washington Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy.
Decatur (Sloop of war)
United States. > Navy > History > 19th century.
Territorial expansion.
Seafaring life.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Seafaring life > Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > Pacific Area > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > Northwest, Pacific > History > 19th century.
United States.
Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Area.
Latin America > Pacific Coast.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History, Naval > 19th century.
Pacific Area > History, Naval > 19th century.
Northwest, Pacific > History, Naval > 19th century.
Naval history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Young America on the Pacific : "The sailor of manifest destiny views"
  • The Decatur in the old Navy : "To command our own seas and coasts"
  • Boston : getting under way
  • Episode 1: Through the Strait of Magellan : "Off to Californio!"
  • Episode 2: Seattle : "Down came the Indians, like so many demons"
  • San Francisco : "This reckless life"
  • Episode 3: Nicaragua : "Seeing the elephant"
  • Episode 4: Panama : "All the subtle demonisms of life and thought"
  • The Civil War and beyond.

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