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A Whole Country in Commotion: The Louisiana Purchase and the American Southwest
Bolton Ed -Williams
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Description for A Whole Country in Commotion: The Louisiana Purchase and the American Southwest
Paperback. This volume is a collection of essays originally presented at the Louisiana Purchase Conference, which marked the purchase's bicentinnial. The authors, experts in their fields, offer a revisionist take on many historically underrepresented aspects of the purchase. Editor(s): Williams, Patrick Gresham; Bolton, S Charles; Whayne, Professor Jeannie M. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Bringing together the work of prominent scholars and rising stars in southern, western, and Indian history, A Whole Country in Commotion explores lesser-known aspects of one of the better-known episodes in U.S. history. While the purchase has been seen as a great boon for the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and securing American navigation on the Mississippi River, it also brought turmoil to many.
Looking past the triumphal aspects of the purchase, this book examines the "negotiations among peoples, nations and empires that preceded and followed the actual transfer of territory." Its nine essays highlight ... Read more
Bringing together the work of prominent scholars and rising stars in southern, western, and Indian history, A Whole Country in Commotion explores lesser-known aspects of one of the better-known episodes in U.S. history. While the purchase has been seen as a great boon for the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and securing American navigation on the Mississippi River, it also brought turmoil to many.
Looking past the triumphal aspects of the purchase, this book examines the "negotiations among peoples, nations and empires that preceded and followed the actual transfer of territory." Its nine essays highlight ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557287847
SKU
V9781557287847
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