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
Main Author: Saler, Bethel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Territorial expansion.
Statehood (American politics)
Politics and government
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America.
Frontier and pioneer life
Indiens d'Amerique > Wisconsin.
Statehood (Politique americaine) > Histoire.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Indians of North America > Wisconsin.
Indians of North America > Northwest, Old.
Statehood (American politics) > History.
Wisconsin.
United States > Old Northwest.
United States.
United States > Wisconsin Territory.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire.
Wisconsin (Territoire) > Histoire.
États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
Wisconsin > Politics and government > To 1848.
Northwest, Old > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
Wisconsin Territory > History.
Northwest, Old > History > 1775-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
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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