Raising the flag : America's first envoys in faraway lands

Raising the flag : America's first envoys in faraway lands

Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018.

xvi, 370 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

327.73 E24 2018

(OCoLC)1023821920

Contents: 1. For Tea and Country: Samuel Shaw and the First American Contacts with China -- 2. To the Shores of Tripoli: James Cathcart, William Eaton, and the First Barbary War -- 3. Diplomacy in New Orleans: The Intriguing Career of Daniel Clark -- 4. Inventing Interventionism: Joel Poinsett in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico -- 5. Cochin China, Siam, and Muscat: The Remarkable Travels of Edmund Roberts -- 6. The Commodore as Diplomat: David Porter at the Sublime Porte -- 7. Adventures in Paradise: Jacques-Antoine Moerenhout, Samuel Blackler, and the Occupation of Tahiti -- 8. The Land of Gold: Thomas Larkin, William Leidesdorff, and the Americanization of California -- 9. Shimoda and the Shogun: Townshend Harris and the Opening of Japan -- Afterword.|From the American Revolution to the Civil War, Eicher profiles the characters who influenced the formative period of American diplomacy and the first steps the United States took as a world power. Their experiences combine to chart key trends in the development of early U.S. foreign policy that continue to affect us today. Raising the Flag illuminates how American ideas, values, and power helped shape the modern world--Book jacket.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-370).|L2019M80

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