UID:
almahu_9949597662802882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9780801455087 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
The United States in the world
Content:
Many Americans in the Early Republic era saw the seas as another field for national aggrandizement. With a merchant marine that competed against Britain for commercial supremacy and a whaling fleet that circled the globe, the United States sought a maritime empire to complement its territorial ambitions in North America. This book argues that because of their ubiquity in foreign ports, American sailors were the principal agents of overseas foreign relations in the early republic.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2014.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780801452338
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
