From Captives to Consuls: Three Sailors in Barbary and Their Self-Making Across the Early American Republic, 1770-1840
(Part of the Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Series)
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How three white, non-elite American sailors turned their experiences of captivity into diverse career opportunities--and influenced America's physical, commercial, ideological, and diplomatic development. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award by the North American Society for Oceanic History From 1784 to 1815, hundreds of American sailors were held as "white slaves" in the North African Barbary States. In From Captives to Consuls,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421438976
ISBN13:9781421438979
Release Date:October 2020
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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