Shaping a Maritime Empire: The Commercial and Diplomatic Role of the American Navy, 1829-1861 Contributor(s): Schroeder, John H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313248834 ISBN-13: 9780313248832 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1985 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Military - United States |
Dewey: 973 |
Series: Contributions in American History |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.14 lbs) 242 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: John H. Schroeder chronicles the expansion of the American Navy's peacetime role in developing the nation's overseas commercial empire during the thirty years before the Civil War. He demonstrates how the rapid acceleration of American commercial activity around the world increased pressure on the Navy to meet new economic and political demands. He analyzes how the Navy's haphazard development in the antebellum years paralleled and interacted with commercial activity, and how the end result impacted dramatically on the economic development of the United States. |