Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-239) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : "15000 miles from our native home" -- Early excursions -- Yankees in Mahajanga, Madagascar -- Whalers in Saint Augustin Bay -- Sailor tourism -- Provisioning islands and ecological impacts -- American illegal slaving -- Conclusion. Fourth of July and global rites of state.
Summary:
"This unprecedented study of nineteenth-century American merchant and whaling activity in the Indian Ocean shows how it shaped later US imperial incursions in the Pacific and Caribbean. Sailors' journals and other primary sources reveal American influence on the period's global commerce, illegal slaving, and environmental degradation."-- Provided by publisher.
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