From Captives to Consuls - Three Sailors in Barbary Their Self Making Across Early American

Drawing on archival collections, newspapers, private correspondence, and government documents, From Captives to Consuls sheds new light on the significance of ordinary individuals in guiding early American ideas of science, international relations, and what it meant to be a self-made man.

About the author

Brett Goodin is a Global Perspectives on Society Teaching Fellow at New York University Shanghai.

Summary

Drawing on archival collections, newspapers, private correspondence, and government documents, From Captives to Consuls sheds new light on the significance of ordinary individuals in guiding early American ideas of science, international relations, and what it meant to be a self-made man.

Product details

• Authors: Brett Goodin
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781421438979
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3897-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia; Studies in Early American Econ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, History of the Americas, Naval forces and warfare