Yankees in the Indian Ocean : American commerce and whaling, 1786-1860 / Jane Hooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooper, Jane, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Indian Ocean studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whaling--United States--History--18th century.

Whaling.

Whaling--United States--History--19th century.

Whaling--Social aspects--Indian Ocean Region.

Americans--Indian Ocean Region--History--18th century.

Americans.

Americans--Indian Ocean Region--History--19th century.

Commerce.

Whaling--Social aspects.

United States--Commerce--Indian Ocean Region.

United States.

Indian Ocean Region--Commerce--United States.

Indian Ocean Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 247 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This unprecedented study of nineteenth-century American merchant and whaling activity in the Indian Ocean shows how it shaped later US imperial incursions in the Pacific and Caribbean. Sailors' journals and other primary sources reveal American influence on the period's global commerce, illegal slaving, and environmental degradation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Early Excursions

ch. 2 Yankees in Mahajanga, Madagascar

ch. 3 Whalers in Saint Augustin Bay

ch. 4 Sailor Tourism

ch. 5 Provisioning Islands and Ecological Impacts

ch. 6 American Illegal Slaving.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hooper, Jane, 1981- Yankees in the Indian Ocean

ISBN:

9780821425084

0821425080

OCLC:

1309956498

Publisher Number:

99991365046