The Nation's Crucible : The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America / Peter J. Kastor.
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 o...
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Yale University Press,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Empires, Republics, and Nations (1763-1804)
- 1. America
- 2. Acquisition
- Part II: Louisiana Purchase (1803-1808)
- 3. ''Numerous and Troublesome Neighbors''
- 4. Codes
- Part III: Crisis (1808-1815)
- 5. Local Diplomacy
- 6. Polities
- 7. ''The Din of War''
- Part IV: Attachment (1815-1820)
- 8. ''The State of Louisiana Now Has Her Voice''
- 9. Louisiana
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.