Lawrence A. Peskin

Three Consuls

Capitalism, Empire, and the Rise and Fall of America's Mediterranean Community, 1776-1840

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009444620
• ISBN-10: 100944462X
• Artikelnr.: 70890237

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.