Joseph McKenna

British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on British involvement in the American Civil War, this history names the overseas bankers and manufacturers who, in critical need of cotton and other Confederate exports, financed and equipped the fast little ships that ran the Union blockade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781476676791
• ISBN-10: 1476676798
• Artikelnr.: 55081874

Autorenporträt

Joseph McKenna is a retired local studies librarian, with over 30 years' experience working in the Central Library in Birmingham, England. He formerly sat on the City Council's Conservation Advisory Areas Committee.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1.
The Confederacy in Britain Tests the Blockade 2.
The British Are Coming 3.
Transshipment into the Confederacy 4.
A Blockade to Run Through 5.
The Ship Builders 6.
The Ships That Ran the Blockade 7.
Girdles and Guns: Tales from the Blockade-Runners 8.
Cotton Bonds and the New Plan 9.
The End of the Adventure Chapter Notes Bibliography Index