Bøker av Lawrence A. (USE HOME ADDRESS Peskin

Lively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues.

This first systematic study of how the United States responded to "Barbary Captivityshows how public reaction to international events shaped America domestically and its evolving place in the world during the early nineteenth century.

Based upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry.