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1 online resource |
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Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Opportunities of empire -- Farmers, privateers, and prisoners of the Revolution -- Diaries of Barbary Orientalism and American masculinity in Algiers -- Captivity by correspondence -- From captives to consuls and coup-makers -- Accidentially useful and interesting to the world -- Sailing the inland sea |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2020) |
| Subject |
O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824.
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.
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Riley, James, 1777-1840.
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Riley, James, 1777-1840
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843
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O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824
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Riley, James, 1777-1840 |
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O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824 |
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843 |
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law) -- United States -- Biography
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law) -- Algeria -- Biography
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
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National characteristics, American -- History
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Diplomatic relations
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Diplomats
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National characteristics, American
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law)
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United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North
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Africa, North -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Algeria
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North Africa
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| LC no. |
2019056151 |
| ISBN |
9781421438986 |
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1421438984 |
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