Instruments of Empire : Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803-1815 /

"Michael Beauchamp's "Instruments of Empire" is an examination of the challenges posed to U.S. territorial expansion by the Louisiana Purchase, a development that transferred the sovereignty of a territory with a population who by birth, language, and religion differed substantia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beauchamp, M. K. (Michael Kelly) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States territories and possessions.
Statehood (American politics)
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Imperialism.
Elite (Social sciences)
Elite (Social sciences) > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Louisiana.
United States > Territories and possessions.
Louisiana > Race relations.
Louisiana > History > 1803-1865.
Louisiana > Politics and government > 1803-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontiers and colonial loyalties
  • Natural and unnatural frontiers
  • Slaves and the threat of internal revolt
  • Free people of color and the limits of collaboration
  • Imperial compromises
  • Co-option and collaboration.

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