LEADER 03753nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910777850703321 005 20230617001917.0 010 $a1-281-72180-8 010 $a9786611721800 010 $a0-300-12824-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128246 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471855 035 $a(EBL)3419915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208444 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208444 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239742 035 $a(PQKB)10562849 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419915 035 $a(DE-B1597)485064 035 $a(OCoLC)1013936476 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128246 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419915 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172180 035 $a(OCoLC)923588516 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471855 100 $a20030922d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe nation's crucible$b[electronic resource] $ethe Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America /$fPeter J. Kastor 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 225 1 $aWestern Americana series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10119-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. America --$t2. Acquisition --$t3. ''Numerous and Troublesome Neighbors'' --$t4. Codes --$tPart III: Crisis (1808-1815) --$t5. Local Diplomacy --$t6. Polities --$t7. ''The Din of War'' --$t8. ''The State of Louisiana Now Has Her Voice'' --$t9. Louisiana --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France. This seemingly simple acquisition brought with it an enormous new territory as well as the country's first large population of nonnaturalized Americans-Native Americans, African Americans, and Francophone residents. What would become of those people dominated national affairs in the years that followed. This book chronicles that contentious period from 1803 to 1821, years during which people proposed numerous visions of the future for Louisiana and the United States. The Louisiana Purchase proved to be the crucible of American nationhood, Peter Kastor argues. The incorporation of Louisiana was among the most important tasks for a generation of federal policymakers. It also transformed the way people defined what it meant to be an American. 410 0$aYale Western Americana series (Unnumbered) 606 $aLouisiana Purchase 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNational characteristics, American 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zLouisiana 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1801-1815 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861 607 $aLouisiana$xHistory$y1803-1865 607 $aLouisiana$xRace relations 615 0$aLouisiana Purchase. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 676 $a973.4/6 700 $aKastor$b Peter J$01468326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777850703321 996 $aThe nation's crucible$93845503 997 $aUNINA