Three Consuls examines American ambitions in the Mediterranean in the generations after independence through the business and personal networks of consuls in Morocco, Italy and Spain. It will appeal to readers interested in US history, European history, North African history, and international studies.
Three Consuls examines American ambitions in the Mediterranean in the generations after independence through the business and personal networks of consuls in Morocco, Italy and Spain. It will appeal to readers interested in US history, European history, North African history, and international studies.
Lawrence A. Peskin is Professor of History at Morgan State University. He is a leading scholar of the early national United States in international context, with a focus on the Mediterranean world. He is the author of Captives and Countrymen: Barbary Slavery and the American Public 1785-1816 (2009) and co-author of America and the World: Culture, Commerce, Conflict (2011).
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Introduction Part I. Rise of the Mediterranean Community: 1. Becoming American (and) consuls 2. James Simpson: isolation and diplomacy in Gibraltar and Tangier 3. Robert Montgomery: Multiple identities in Alicante 4. Thomas Appleton: community and conflict in Livorno's American community Part II. Community Structures: 5. The American social network and national identity 6. Business networks and the problem of self-interest 7. Contact with 'others': race, chauvinism and the notion of empire Part III. Collapse: 8. The long decline 9. Selling empire 10. Death and dismemberment Epilogue: Latin America and the turn toward Empire Bibliography.
Introduction Part I. Rise of the Mediterranean Community: 1. Becoming American (and) consuls 2. James Simpson: isolation and diplomacy in Gibraltar and Tangier 3. Robert Montgomery: Multiple identities in Alicante 4. Thomas Appleton: community and conflict in Livorno's American community Part II. Community Structures: 5. The American social network and national identity 6. Business networks and the problem of self-interest 7. Contact with 'others': race, chauvinism and the notion of empire Part III. Collapse: 8. The long decline 9. Selling empire 10. Death and dismemberment Epilogue: Latin America and the turn toward Empire Bibliography.
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