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A Good and Wise Measure : The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 /
In this detailed and fascinating book, Francis Carroll tells the story of the attempts to settle the original boundary between Canada and the United States from the Atlantic coast to the middle of the continent. Established by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, it soon became clear that ambiguities and er...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Working out a Method, 1783-1814
- PART ONE. Commissions under the Treaty of Ghent: 1816-1827
- 2. Article 4: Islands in the Bay
- 3. Article 5: Highlands and the Source of the St Croix
- 4. Article 5: The Forty-Fifth Parallel, the Connecticut, and Deadlock
- 5 Article 6: The St Lawrence and the Great Lakes
- Chapter Six. Article 7: From Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods
- PART TWO. Arbitration and Uncertainty: The 1820s and 1830s
- 7. Preparing for Arbitration
- 8. The Award and Its Problems
- 9. Skirmishes on the Frontier
- 10. Surveys and Struggles
- PART THREE. Grasping the Nettle: 1841-1845
- 11. Sea Change: Initiative and Compromise
- 12. The Webster-Ashburton Negotiations
- 13. Storm over the Treaty
- Notes
- Sources
- Index