Louisiana Purchase - A Global Context

In 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France at a price of approximately three cents per acre, dramatically altering the young nation's geography and its political future. In perhaps the nation's most formative development since the Revolutionary War, the deal secured the U.S. territory that would become fifteen new states, sparked intense public argument about the American Frontier, and ensured Jefferson a complicated legacy in American history.
With special attention to the diplomatic and constitutional background of the purchase, The Louisiana Purchase examines the event in the context of the Atlantic world, including the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars in Europe, colonial revolutions in the Caribbean, and the westward expansion of the U.S. population. In five concise chapters bolstered by primary documents including treaties, letters, and first-hand observations, Robert D. Bush introduces students to the political history of this momentous land acquisition.

List of contents

Preface
1. The Louisiana Purchase: A Global Context, Background
2. Louisiana in Spanish Global Policy, 1763-1802
3. Louisiana in French Global Policy, 1800-1803
4. Louisiana in American Domestic and Global Policy, 1800-1803
Documents

About the author

Robert D. Bush is an Instructor of history at Front Range Community College.

Product details

• Authors: Robert D. Bush, Bush Robert D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415814355
• ISBN: 978-0-415-81435-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Critical Moments in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Political structure & processes, Diplomacy, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, History of the Americas, Political structure and processes