Greek Fire Tapa dura - 2020

Hardback. New. <p><i>The Greek Fire</i> examines the United States' early global influence as the fledgling nation that inserted itself in conflicts that were oceans away. Maureen Connors Santelli focuses on the American fascination with and involvement in the Greek Revolution in the 1820s and 1830s. That nationalist movement incited an American philhellenic movement that pushed the borders of US interests into the eastern Mediterranean and infused a global perspective into domestic conversations concerning freedom and reform.</p><p>Perceiving strong cultural, intellectual, and racial ties with Greece, American men and women identified Greece as the seedbed of American democracy and a crucial source of American values. From Maryland to Missouri and Maine to Georgia, grassroots organizations sent men, money, and supplies to aid the Greeks. Defending the modern Greeks from Turkish slavery and oppression was an issue on which northerners and southerners agreed.… Leer más

Cornell Univ Pr, 2020. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Cornell Univ Pr, 2020. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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Cornell University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor