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9780801891397 Academic Inspection Copy

Captives and Countrymen

Barbary Slavery and the American Public, 1785-1816
  • ISBN-13: 9780801891397
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Lawrence A. Peskin
  • Price: AUD $135.00
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  • Local release date: 14/05/2009
  • Format: Hardback 272 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the Barbary States captured and held for ransom nearly five hundred American sailors. The attacks on Americans abroad -- and the government's apparent inability to control the situation -- deeply scarred the public. Captives and Countrymen examines the effect of these acts on early national culture and on the new republic's conception of itself and its position in the world. Lawrence A. Peskin uses newspaper and other contemporaneous accounts -- including recently unearthed letters from some of the captive Americans -- to show how information about the North African piracy traveled throughout the early republic. His dramatic account reveals early concepts of national identity, party politics, and the use of military power, including the lingering impact of the Barbary Wars on the national consciousness, the effects of white slavery in North Africa on the American abolitionist movement, and the debate over founding a national navy.This first systematic study of how the United States responded to 'Barbary Captivity' shows how public reaction to international events shaped America domestically and its evolving place in the world during the early nineteenth century.

PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Captivity and the Public Sphere1. Captivity and Communications2. The Captives Write Home3. Publicity and SecrecyPart 2: The Impact of Captivity at Home4. Slavery at Home and Abroad5. Captive Nation: Algiers and Independence6. The Navy and the Call to ArmsPart 3: Captivity and the American Empire7. Masculinity and Servility in Tripoli8. Between Colony and Empire9. Beyond Captivity: The Wars of 1812Conclusion: Captivity and GlobalizationAppendix: Lists of Letters from CaptivesNotesIndex

""A well-researched, closely argued book from which both general readers and specialists alike will benefit.""

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