03750nam 2200793 a 450 991081279590332120240417235614.01-281-72180-897866117218000-300-12824-X10.12987/9780300128246(CKB)1000000000471855(EBL)3419915(SSID)ssj0000208444(PQKBManifestationID)11201335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208444(PQKBWorkID)10239742(PQKB)10562849(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157742(MiAaPQ)EBC3419915(DE-B1597)485064(OCoLC)1013936476(DE-B1597)9780300128246(Au-PeEL)EBL3419915(CaPaEBR)ebr10169941(CaONFJC)MIL172180(OCoLC)923588516(EXLCZ)99100000000047185520030922d2004 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrThe nation's crucible the Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America /Peter J. Kastor1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20041 online resource (326 p.)Western Americana seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-300-10119-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. America --2. Acquisition --3. ''Numerous and Troublesome Neighbors'' --4. Codes --Part III: Crisis (1808-1815) --5. Local Diplomacy --6. Polities --7. ''The Din of War'' --8. ''The State of Louisiana Now Has Her Voice'' --9. Louisiana --Conclusion --Abbreviations --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France. This seemingly simple acquisition brought with it an enormous new territory as well as the country's first large population of nonnaturalized Americans-Native Americans, African Americans, and Francophone residents. What would become of those people dominated national affairs in the years that followed. This book chronicles that contentious period from 1803 to 1821, years during which people proposed numerous visions of the future for Louisiana and the United States. The Louisiana Purchase proved to be the crucible of American nationhood, Peter Kastor argues. The incorporation of Louisiana was among the most important tasks for a generation of federal policymakers. It also transformed the way people defined what it meant to be an American.Yale Western Americana series (Unnumbered)Louisiana PurchaseNationalismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, AmericanFrontier and pioneer lifeLouisianaUnited StatesTerritorial expansionUnited StatesPolitics and government1801-1815United StatesPolitics and government1815-1861LouisianaHistory1803-1865LouisianaRace relationsLouisiana Purchase.NationalismHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryNational characteristics, American.Frontier and pioneer life973.4/6Kastor Peter J1595741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812795903321The nation's crucible3916805UNINA