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Yankees in the Indian Ocean : American commerce and whaling, 1786-1860 / Jane Hooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hooper, Jane, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Indian Ocean studies series.
- Indian Ocean Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans--Indian Ocean Region--History--18th century.
- Americans.
- Americans--Indian Ocean Region--History--19th century.
- Whaling--Social aspects--Indian Ocean Region.
- Whaling.
- Whaling--United States--History--18th century.
- Whaling--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Commerce--Indian Ocean Region.
- United States.
- Indian Ocean Region--Commerce--United States.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction. "15000 miles from our native home"
- Early excursions
- Yankees in Mahajanga, Madagascar
- Whalers in Saint Augustin Bay
- Sailor tourism
- Provisioning islands and ecological impacts
- American illegal slaving
- Conclusion. Fourth of July and global rites of state.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821447901
- 0821447904
- OCLC:
- 1319837495
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