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The Greek fire : American-Ottoman relations and democratic fervor in the age of revolutions
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"This book focuses on how international events influenced domestic reform movements and politics of the antebellum era. This approach reveals that early Americans were engaged in a global community...
"This book focuses on how international events influenced domestic reform movements and politics of the antebellum era. This approach reveals that early Americans were engaged in a global community and that domestic reform movements and politics were part of a larger conversation"--
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- Creator
- Maureen Connors Santelli
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020
- ©2020
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- ix, 250 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 150171578X, 9781501715792, 1501715801, 9781501715808, 1501715798, 9781501715785
- OCLC
- on1145094170, on1139651689
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : The Spark of the Greek Fire -- Before the Greek Revolution and Americans in a Larger World -- European Philhellenism Crosses the Atlantic -- Philhellenism joins with American Benevolence -- Philhellenes Clash with American Commerce -- Abolitionism, Reform, and Philhellenic Rhetoric -- Conclusion : The Legacy of American Philhellenism
Subjects
- Philhellenism -- United States.
- United States -- Relations -- Greece.
- Greece -- Relations -- United States.
- Greece -- History -- War of Independence, 1821-1829 -- Foreign public opinion, American.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century.
- United States -- Relations -- Turkey.
- Turkey -- Relations -- United States.