The crescent obscured : the United States and the Muslim world, 1776-1815 / Robert J. Allison.
From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Chapter One: American Policy Toward the Muslim World; Chapter Two: The United States and the Specter of Islam; Chapter Three: A Peek Into the Seraglio: Americans, Sex, and the Muslim World; Chapter Four: American Slavery and the Muslim World; Chapter Five: American Captives in the Muslim World; Chapter Six: The Muslim World and American Benevolence; Chapter Seven: American Consuls in the Muslim World; Chapter Eight: Remembering the Tripolitan War; Chapter Nine: James Riley, the Return of the Captive; Notes; Index.