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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Opportunities of empire -- Farmers, privateers, and prisoners of the Revolution -- Diaries of Barbary Orientalism and American masculinity in Algiers -- Captivity by correspondence -- From captives to consuls and coup-makers -- Accidentially useful and interesting to the world -- Sailing the inland sea. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824.
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O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824. |
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843.
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843. |
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Riley, James, 1777-1840.
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Riley, James, 1777-1840. |
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Riley, James, 1777-1840. |
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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843. |
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O'Brien, Richard, approximately 1758-1824. |
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United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law) -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law) |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Prisoners of war (Islamic law) -- Algeria -- Biography.
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Algeria. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North.
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International relations. |
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North Africa. |
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Africa, North -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
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Diplomats. |
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National characteristics, American -- History.
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National characteristics, American. |
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History. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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Tripolitan War (United States : 1801-1805) |
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1801-1805 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781421438986 electronic book |
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1421438984 electronic book |
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9781421438979 |
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1421438976 |
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