Borderlines in Borderlands: James Madison and the Spanish-American Frontier, 1776-1821 - Rilegato

Stagg, J. C. A.

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ISBN 10: 0300139055 ISBN 13: 9780300139051

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

In examining how the United States gained control over the northern borderlands of Spanish America, this work reassesses the diplomacy of President James Madison. Historians have assumed Madison’s motive in sending agents into the Spanish borderlands between 1810 and 1813 was to subvert Spanish rule, but J. C. A. Stagg argues that his real intent was to find peaceful and legal resolutions to long-standing disputes over the boundaries of Louisiana at a time when the Spanish-American empire was in the process of dissolution. Drawing on an array of American, British, French, and Spanish sources, the author describes how a myriad cast of local leaders, officials, and other small players affected the borderlands diplomacy between the United States and Spain, and he casts new light on Madison’s contribution to early American expansionism.

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L'autore

J. C. A. Stagg is professor, Department of History, and editor in chief, The Papers of James Madison, at the University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, VA.

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Book by Stagg Prof J C A

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300139055
• ISBN 13: 9780300139051
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 307