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Author Karp, Matthew, 1981- author. o2016026037
Title This vast southern empire : slaveholders at the helm of American foreign policy / Matthew Karp.
Publisher Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.


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Descript 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Contents Introduction: The world the slaveholders craved -- Confronting the great apostle of emancipation -- The strongest naval power on earth -- A hemispheric defense of slavery -- Slavery's dominoes: Brazil and Texas -- The young Hercules of America -- King cotton, Emperor slavery -- Slaveholding visions of modernity -- Foreign policy amid domestic crisis -- The military South -- American slavery, global power -- Epilogue: the rod of empire.
ISBN 9780674737259 (alk. paper)
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Author Karp, Matthew, 1981- author. o2016026037
Subject Slavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Descript 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content text
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Contents Introduction: The world the slaveholders craved -- Confronting the great apostle of emancipation -- The strongest naval power on earth -- A hemispheric defense of slavery -- Slavery's dominoes: Brazil and Texas -- The young Hercules of America -- King cotton, Emperor slavery -- Slaveholding visions of modernity -- Foreign policy amid domestic crisis -- The military South -- American slavery, global power -- Epilogue: the rod of empire.
ISBN 9780674737259 (alk. paper)
Author Karp, Matthew, 1981- author. o2016026037
Subject Slavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  E 183.7 K1  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 Wilberforce Institute  E 183.7 K1  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Slavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Descript 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content text
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Contents Introduction: The world the slaveholders craved -- Confronting the great apostle of emancipation -- The strongest naval power on earth -- A hemispheric defense of slavery -- Slavery's dominoes: Brazil and Texas -- The young Hercules of America -- King cotton, Emperor slavery -- Slaveholding visions of modernity -- Foreign policy amid domestic crisis -- The military South -- American slavery, global power -- Epilogue: the rod of empire.
ISBN 9780674737259 (alk. paper)

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