Crescent Obscured The United States and the Muslim World, 1776-1815

Name: Crescent Obscured The United States and the Muslim World, 1776-1815
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ISBN: 9780226014906

ISBN-10: 0226014908

ISBN-13: 9780226014906

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert Allison

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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 perceptions and mis-perceptions of Islam in the American mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of government. "A powerful ending that explains how the experience with the Barbary states compelled many Americans to look inward . . . with increasing doubts about the institution of slavery." --David W. Lesch, Middle East Journal "Allison's incisive and informative account of the…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.86" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



American Policy Toward the Muslim World



The United States and the Specter of Islam



A Peek Into the Seraglio: Americans, Sex, and the Muslim World



American Slavery and the Muslim World



American Captives in the Muslim World



The Muslim World and American Benevolence



American Consuls in the Muslim World



Remembering the Tripolitan War



James Riley, the Return of the Captive Notes


Index