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Early American diplomacy in the Near and Far East : the diplomatic and personal history of Edmund Q. Roberts (1784-1836) / Hermann Frederick Eilts.
Van Pelt Library DS525.9.U6 R634 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eilts, Hermann F.
- Series:
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ; v. 50.
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836.
- Roberts, Edmund.
- International economic relations.
- International relations.
- Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Southeast Asia.
- United States.
- Oman--Foreign relations--United States.
- Oman.
- United States--Foreign relations--1829-1837.
- Diplomats--United States--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- Thailand.
- United States--Foreign relations--1783-1865.
- United States--Foreign economic relations.
- Thailand--Foreign economic relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign economic relations--Thailand.
- United States--Foreign economic relations--China.
- China.
- United States--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : New Academia Pub., 2012.
- Summary:
- "This book traces the remarkable career of a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-born merchant and his efforts on behalf of early American diplomacy with key trading partners in both the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. The book recounts the diplomatic and commercial milieu in which Roberts labored, initially as commissioner and later as special agent on behalf of the United States, to pioneer diplomatic dialogue and negotiate commercial treaties with the ruler of Muscat and Oman and with the King of Siam."--P. [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Antecedents and early years
- Preparation for Roberts's first mission
- Earlier Cochin Chinese and Siamese contacts with foreigners
- Abortive talks in Cochin China
- Negotiating a treaty with Siam
- On to Arabia and home
- Interlude at home
- British and European concerns
- Final mission
- Roberts legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780986021657 hardcover
- 0986021652 hardcover
- OCLC:
- 824545576
- Publisher Number:
- 99969055855
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