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The Settlers' Empire : Colonialism and State Formation in America's Old Northwest /

"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Saler, Bethel (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.