The settlers' empire : colonialism and state formation in America's Old Northwest /

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"The 1783 Treaty of Paris, which officially recognized the United States as a sovereign republic, also doubled the territorial girth of the original thirteen colonies. The fledgling nation now stretched from the coast of Maine to the Mississippi River and up to the Great Lakes. With this dramat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saler, Bethel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
To 1865
Statehood (American politics) > History.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Northwest, Old.
Indians of North America > Wisconsin.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Statehood (Politique américaine) > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Wisconsin.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
Frontier and pioneer life
Indians of North America.
Politics and government
Statehood (American politics)
Territorial expansion.
Northwest, Old > History > 1775-1865.
Wisconsin Territory > History.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
Northwest, Old > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Wisconsin > Politics and government > To 1848.
États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
Wisconsin (Territoire) > Histoire.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire.
United States > Wisconsin Territory.
United States.
United States > Old Northwest.
Wisconsin.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The national state faces west
  • The first federal colonialism in the lower Northwest
  • The treaty polity
  • Exchanging economies
  • A "peculiarly missionary ground"
  • The cornerstones of marriage and family
  • State of imagination
  • Epilogue: The historical present.

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