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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America

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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America - Kastor, Peter J
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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 non-naturalized 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 ...

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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America 2012, Yale University Press, New haven

ISBN-13: 9780300194616

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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America 2004, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT

ISBN-13: 9780300101195

Hardcover