Author: George P. Hammond
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520331990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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Author: Thomas Oliver Larkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: Robert E. May
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447

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This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America's notorious "filibusters--the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace. Offering the first full-scale analysis of the filibustering movement, Robert May relates the often-tragic stories of illegal expeditions into Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries and details surprising numbers of aborted plots, as well. May investigates why thousands of men joined filibustering expeditions, how they were financed, and why the U.S. government had little success in curtailing them. Surveying antebellum popular media, he shows how the filibustering phenomenon infiltrated the American psyche in newspapers, theater, music, advertising, and literature. Condemned abroad as pirates, frequently in language strikingly similar to modern American denunciations of foreign terrorists, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny. May concludes by exploring the national consequences of filibustering, arguing that the practice inflicted lasting damage on U.S. relations with foreign countries and contributed to the North-South division over slavery that culminated in the Civil War.

Author: United States House of Representatives
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Languages : en
Pages : 752

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Author: United States Senate
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Languages : en
Pages : 1278

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Author: Harlan Hague
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) expected to become a rich man-and he did: he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president of the United States during the territory’s transition from Mexican to American control. Harlan Hague and David Langum have uncovered a large body of new information, shedding light on many aspects of Larkin’s personal life as well as on his business and diplomatic activities. Historians and general readers will welcome this full-scale biography of one of the most important men in the history of early California.

Author: Thomas Oliver Larkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: George P. Hammond
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520333918
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Author: USA House of Representatives
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Languages : en
Pages : 478

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