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Oh Capitano! : Celso Cesare Moreno—Adventurer, Cheater, and Scoundrel on Four Continents / Francesco Durante, Rudolph J. Vecoli; ed. by Donna R. Gabaccia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780823279869
  • 9780823279890
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.92 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- contents -- preface -- prologue -- Introduction to the English-Language Edition: “Was Moreno a Sociopath?” -- Translator’s Note -- chapter 1. The Traveler’s Spirit -- chapter 2. The Treasures of Asia -- chapter 3. The Challenge of the Pacific -- chapter 4. The Little Italian Slaves -- chapter 5. The Enchanter of Hawaii -- chapter 6. Celso’s Vendetta -- chapter 7. Electoral Intermezzo -- chapter 8. The New Italian America -- chapter 9. The Destiny of Hawaii -- chapter 10. The Sunset Road -- notes -- bibliography -- index
Summary: The story of Celso Cesare Moreno, one of the most famous of the emigrant Italian elites or "prominenti." Moreno traveled the world lying, scheming, and building an extensive patron/client network to to establish his reputation as a middleman and person of significance. Through his machinations, Moreno became a critical player in the expansion of western trade and imperialism in Asia, the trafficking of migrant workers and children in the Atlantic, and the conflicts of Americans and natives over the fate of Hawaii, and imperial competitions of French, British, Italian and American governments during a critically important era of imperial expansion.
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Frontmatter -- contents -- preface -- prologue -- Introduction to the English-Language Edition: “Was Moreno a Sociopath?” -- Translator’s Note -- chapter 1. The Traveler’s Spirit -- chapter 2. The Treasures of Asia -- chapter 3. The Challenge of the Pacific -- chapter 4. The Little Italian Slaves -- chapter 5. The Enchanter of Hawaii -- chapter 6. Celso’s Vendetta -- chapter 7. Electoral Intermezzo -- chapter 8. The New Italian America -- chapter 9. The Destiny of Hawaii -- chapter 10. The Sunset Road -- notes -- bibliography -- index

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The story of Celso Cesare Moreno, one of the most famous of the emigrant Italian elites or "prominenti." Moreno traveled the world lying, scheming, and building an extensive patron/client network to to establish his reputation as a middleman and person of significance. Through his machinations, Moreno became a critical player in the expansion of western trade and imperialism in Asia, the trafficking of migrant workers and children in the Atlantic, and the conflicts of Americans and natives over the fate of Hawaii, and imperial competitions of French, British, Italian and American governments during a critically important era of imperial expansion.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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