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From captives to consuls : three sailors in Barbary and their self-making across the Early American Republic, 1770-1840 / Brett Goodin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodin, Brett, 1987- author.
- Series:
- Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Prisoners of war (Islamic law).
- United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
- United States.
- History.
- O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824.
- O'Brien, Richard.
- Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.
- Cathcart, James L.
- Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Riley, James.
- Prisoners of war (Islamic law)--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war (Islamic law)--Algeria--Biography.
- United States--Foreign relations--Africa, North.
- Africa, North--Foreign relations--United States.
- Africa, North.
- Diplomats--United States--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- North Africa.
- Algeria.
- National characteristics, American--History.
- National characteristics, American.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Three sailors in Barbary and their self-making across the Early American Republic, 1770-1840
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Farmers, Privateers, and Prisoners of the Revolution
- 2. Diaries of Barbary Orientalism and American Masculinity in Algiers
- 3. Captivity by Correspondence
- 4. From Captives to Consuls and Coup-Makers
- 5. Accidentally Useful and Interesting to the World
- 6. Sailing the Inland Sea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421438979
- 1421438976
- OCLC:
- 1158505869
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