The Nation's Crucible
The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19985799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter J Kastor (corresponding author), Peter Kastor |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 311 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The nation's crucible (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Yale University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.12987/yale/9780300101195.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4256151815 |
| ISBN | 9780300101195 |
| Open Library | OL3692964M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
This book explores the circumstances in which the United States acquired Louisiana in 1803, and investigates the period from 1803 to 1808, when the Louisiana Purchase unleashed numerous, often conflicting, visions of incorporation. Although a series of changes to the domestic apparatus seemed to establish the federal hold and white supremacy by 1808, the book shows how a series of crises at home and abroad from 1809 to 1815 upset the institutional development that was supposed to secure incorporation. It also investigates the period from 1815 to 1820, when the Whites in Louisiana completed the process of constructing the legal, political, administrative, racial, and military structures of racial supremacy, and examines the three different Republican administrations of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Jefferson occupied the presidency during the period of the greatest domestic uncertainty in Louisiana, Madison during the period of the greatest international activity, and Monroe during the period of resolution on foreign and domestic fronts. These developments say less about the three presidents than they do about shifting circumstances in Louisiana, the Americas, and Europe. The book discusses how the incorporation of Louisiana occurred during a period of tremendous consistency in Washington, as Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe pursued almost identical priorities, and also examines the events that helped in developing bondage between Louisiana and the United States
Art · Economic history · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Sociology · Vision · White (mutation) · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · 1789-1815 · 1801-1815 · 1803-1865 · 1815-1861 · 19th century · American National characteristics · Frontier and pioneer life · Louisiana · Louisiana Purchase · National characteristics, american · Nationalism · Political Culture · politics and government · race relations · Southern states · Territorial expansion · united states
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |