Border Law - The First Seminole War and American Nationhood

About the author

Deborah Rosen is Professor of History at Lafayette College.

Summary

The First Seminole War shaped how the United States demarcated its spatial and legal boundaries. Rooted in exceptionalism, manifest destiny, and racism, the legal framework that emerged from Andrew Jackson’s invasion of Florida laid the groundwork for the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision, and westward expansion, as Deborah Rosen shows.

Product details

• Authors: Rosen, Deborah A Rosen, Deborah A. Rosen, Rosen Deborah A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2021
• EAN: 9780674967618
• ISBN: 978-0-674-96761-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general