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Adventurism and empire : the struggle for mastery in the Louisiana-Florida borderlands, 1762-1803

Title
  1. Adventurism and empire : the struggle for mastery in the Louisiana-Florida borderlands, 1762-1803 / David Narrett.
Published by
  1. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Author
  1. Narrett, David E., 1951-

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Description
  1. xii, 375 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  1. To 1821
  2. Borderlands > United States > History > 18th century
  3. Borderlands
  4. Diplomatic relations
  5. West Florida > History
  6. Louisiana > History > To 1803
  7. Florida > History > To 1821
  8. Gulf States > History > To 1803
  9. United States > Foreign relations > Spain
  10. Spain > Foreign relations > United States
  11. Florida
  12. Louisiana
  13. Spain
  14. United States
  15. United States > Gulf States
  16. United States > West Florida
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Part I. Struggles for empire in peace and war, 1762-1787 -- Prologue: the open and hidden features of peace: Louisiana, Florida, and the imperial settlement of 1762-1763 -- Maritime and interior colony: beginnings of British West Florida, 1763-1766 -- The conundrum of "Spanish-French" Louisiana: British imperialism and the Mississippi-Gulf frontier, 1766-1775 -- Opening salvos in a Revolutionary War, 1776-1779 -- Multiple conflicts: warfare and a disputed peace, 1779-1783 -- Bidding and conspiring for access to the realm, 1783-1787 -- Part II. New empires, new republics, 1787-1803 -- Prologue: Wilkinson and the imperial self -- License to venture: colonization and commercial adventurism -- Frontier separatism and integration -- Conspiracies and international turmoil -- Intrigues across Creek Country and beyond -- The imperial question at century's end -- Conclusion: the impermanence of boundaries.
Call number
  1. ICI 15-2749
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-364) and index.
Author
  1. Narrett, David E., 1951-
Title
  1. Adventurism and empire : the struggle for mastery in the Louisiana-Florida borderlands, 1762-1803 / David Narrett.
Publisher
  1. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-364) and index.
Chronological term
  1. To 1821
LCCN
  1. 2014039230
ISBN
  1. 9781469618333 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 1469618338 (cloth : alk. paper)
  3. 9781469618340 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. ICI 15-2749
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