Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America
|
|---|
| ISBN: | 9780300128246
030012824X
0300101198
9780300101195
|
|---|
| Digital file characteristics: | data file
|
|---|
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.
Print version record.
|
|---|
| Summary: | "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."--
|
|---|
| Other form: | Print version: Kastor, Peter J. Nation's crucible. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004 0300101198 9780300101195
|
|---|
