The Barbary wars
Subtitle: American independence in the Atlantic world
By: Franklin Lambert.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 19th century; Pirates -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805; United States -- Relations -- Africa, North; Africa, North -- Relations -- United States; United States -- History -- War with Algeria, 1815; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815; Africa, North -- History, Naval -- 19th century; Mediterranean Region -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: The American Revolution checked; title: Tribute or arms?; title: Tributary to the Barbary States; title: The cultural construction of the Barbary pirates; title: The Tripolitan War : 1801-5; title: An uneasy peace : partisan debate and British harassment; title: The Algerine war of 1815 and American independence in the Atlantic world.