The nation's crucible : the Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America / / Peter J. Kastor
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| Autore: |
Kastor Peter J
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| Titolo: |
The nation's crucible : the Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America / / Peter J. Kastor
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.4/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Louisiana Purchase |
| Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Political culture - United States - History - 19th century | |
| National characteristics, American | |
| Frontier and pioneer life - Louisiana | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Territorial expansion |
| United States Politics and government 1801-1815 | |
| United States Politics and government 1815-1861 | |
| Louisiana History 1803-1865 | |
| Louisiana Race relations | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The nation's crucible |
| ISBN: | 1-281-72180-8 |
| 9786611721800 | |
| 0-300-12824-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812795903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Yale Western Americana series (Unnumbered)