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Autore |
Stagg J. C. A. |
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Titolo |
Borderlines in Borderlands : James Madison and the Spanish-American Frontier, 1776-1821 / / J. C. A. Stagg |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-08964-1 |
9786612089640 |
0-300-15328-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 307 p.) ) : maps |
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Collana |
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The Lamar Series in Western History |
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Soggetti |
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International relations - History |
Electronic books. |
Southern boundary of the United States History 18th century |
Southern boundary of the United States History 19th century |
East Florida History |
West Florida History |
Texas History To 1846 |
United States Territorial expansion |
United States Foreign relations Spain |
Spain Foreign relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. A TROUBLESOME NEIGHBOR -- 2. WEST FLORIDA -- 3. EAST FLORIDA -- 4. TEXAS -- 5. TOWARD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TREATY -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In examining how the United States gained control over the northern borderlands of Spanish America, this work reassesses the diplomacy of President James Madison. Historians have assumed Madison's motive in sending agents into the Spanish borderlands between 1810 and 1813 was to subvert Spanish rule, but J. C. A. Stagg argues that his real intent was to find peaceful and legal resolutions to long-standing |
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disputes over the boundaries of Louisiana at a time when the Spanish-American empire was in the process of dissolution. Drawing on an array of American, British, French, and Spanish sources, the author describes how a myriad cast of local leaders, officials, and other small players affected the borderlands diplomacy between the United States and Spain, and he casts new light on Madison's contribution to early American expansionism. |
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