Book contents
- Three Consuls
- Three Consuls
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Part I Rise of the Mediterranean Community
- 1 Becoming American (and) Consuls
- 2 James Simpson
- 3 Robert Montgomery
- 4 Thomas Appleton
- Part II Community Structures
- Part III Collapse
- Epilogue Latin America and the Turn toward Empire
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Thomas Appleton
Community and Conflict in Livorno’s American Community
from Part I - Rise of the Mediterranean Community
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2024
- Three Consuls
- Three Consuls
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Part I Rise of the Mediterranean Community
- 1 Becoming American (and) Consuls
- 2 James Simpson
- 3 Robert Montgomery
- 4 Thomas Appleton
- Part II Community Structures
- Part III Collapse
- Epilogue Latin America and the Turn toward Empire
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Discusses Livorno’s evolving trade with the US in West Indian imports and fish and how the Napoleonic Wars and First Barbary War impacted trade. Also discusses the American consul’s role in mitigating conflict within the American communtiy and between Americans and Italians.
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- Three ConsulsCapitalism, Empire, and the Rise and Fall of America's Mediterranean Community, 1776–1840, pp. 94 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024