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03585aam a2200445 i 4500 001 B9968D60840811E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 171228t20182018enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017059995 020 $a 1783087447 020 $a 9781783087440 020 $a 1783087439 020 $a 9781783087433 035 $a (OCoLC)1009215242 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a E183.8.G7 $b K44 2018 084 $a POL011010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Keegan, Nicholas M., $d 1939- $e author. 245 10 $a US consular representation in Britain since 1790 / $c Nicholas M. Keegan. 246 3 $a United States consular representation in Britain since 1790 264 1 $a London, UK ; $b Anthem Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xiii, 320 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "The United States started late in the day in establishing its consular service. It was a very amateurish organization, often staffed by unsuitable characters whose appointments had been sought as political favours - the so-called Spoils System. Most personnel changed every four years when the administrations changed. This compared unfavourably with the consular services of the European nations, but gradually by the turn of the twentieth century things had improved considerably-- appointment procedures were tightened up, inspections of consuls and their running of their consulates were introduced, and the once separate consular and diplomatic services were merged. The first appointments to Britain were made in 1790, with James Maury, a Virginian, becoming the first operational consul in the country, at Liverpool. At one point, there was a network of up to ninety US consular offices throughout the UK, stretching from the Orkney Islands to the Channel Islands"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: Dedication; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I; 1. Early colonial history and American independence; 2. Creation and growth of the State Department; 3. Establishment and development of the Consular Service; PART II; 4. US consular representation in Britain; 5. Impact of the Civil War and the role of American consuls in Britain; PART III; 6. Consular Posts and Consular Agencies in Major British Cities; 7. Belfast; 8. Birmingham; 9. Bradford; 10. Bristol; 11. Cardiff; 12. Dublin; 13. Dundee; 14. Dunfermline; 15. Edinburgh & Leith; 16. Falmouth; 17. Liverpool; 18. London; 19. Newcastle upon Tyne; 20. Southampton; 21. Stoke on Trent; 22. An evolving, adaptive service; Appendix: Locations and categories of consular offices; Sources; Bibliography; Illustration captions; Illustration credits; Notes; Index. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z United States. 650 0 $a Diplomatic and consular service, American $z Great Britain $x History. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Diplomatic and consular service, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894209 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217023255.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B9968D60840811E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search