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Author Pompeian, Edward P., 1983- author.

Title Sustaining empire : Venezuela's trade with the United States during the Age of Revolutions, 1797-1828 / Edward P. Pompeian.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Profiting from War, Forestalling Revolution -- 1 The Unprovided Province -- 2 The Spanish Government Trade -- 3 El Almacén del Rey -- 4 Revolutionary Speculations -- 5 The Business of Revolution -- 6 The Arithmetic of Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Trade and National Preservation -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary A fascinating revisionist history, Sustaining Empire challenges long-standing assertions that this commerce served primarily as a vector for the one-way transmission of revolutionary, liberal ideas from the North to South Atlantic.
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Subject Venezuela -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Atlantic Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Revolutions -- History -- 19th century.
Venezuela -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- 1783-1865.
Commerce.
Revolutions.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
United States.
Venezuela.
Chronological Term 1783-1899
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781421443386 1421443384 (DLC) 2021020602 (OCoLC)1252740348
ISBN 9781421443393 electronic book
1421443392 electronic book
9781421443386
1421443384