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Author:

Lemnitzer, Jan Martin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014077398

Title:

Power, law and the end of privateering / Jan Martin Lemnitzer, Lecturer in History, Pembroke College, Oxford University, UK.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Declaration of Paris--(1856 April 16)
Privateering--History--19th century.
International law--History--19th century.
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Diplomatic history.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Diplomatic history.
United States--Foreign relations--1861-1865.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-244) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : power, law and the Declaration of Paris -- "More serious than the Eastern question itself" : the Crimean War compromise -- The Crimean war and maritime law -- "Catching Brother Jonathan in the trap which he laid for us" : the genesis of the Declaration of Paris -- "That moral league of nations against the United States" : the Declaration of Paris and the Marcy Amendment -- "The United States have a vote in framing the maritime law of this age" : the Cass memorandum and Bremen's campaign for the Marcy Amendment -- The Declaration of Paris and the American Civil War -- "Announcing our withdrawal from the Declaration" : the Declaration of Paris and the Franco-German War of 1870 -- Conclusion : the rise and fall of the Declaration of Paris.

ISBN:

9780230301856
0230301851

OCLC:

(OCoLC)875632467

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)