A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history and shows that a Pacific focus is crucial to understanding the causes, course ...
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A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history and shows that a Pacific focus is crucial to understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the Seven Years' War.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Reference, Bibliiogrpahy, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine. VG Plus Dj. A bright nice copy with some age-toning to endpaper edges. The jacket spine is faded and it extends on to the back unless it was made that way. It grades in to a blend. Inscribed by the author in felt pen on the 1/2 title: " For _____, With all good wishes, from R.B. downs 22 Feb. 1979." Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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