TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kastor,Peter J.
TI  - The nation's crucible: the Louisiana Purchase and the creation of America 
T2  - Western Americana series
SN  - 9780300128246 (electronic bk.)
AV  - E333 .K37 2004eb
U1  - 973.4/6 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Louisiana Purchase
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Political culture
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Nationalisme
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Culture politique
KW  - Américains
KW  - Vie des pionniers
KW  - Louisiane
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - gtt
KW  - Expansie (macht)
KW  - Kolonisatie
KW  - Nationale identiteit
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1801-1815
KW  - 1815-1861
KW  - 1803-1865
KW  - Race relations
KW  - 1803 (Achat par les États-Unis)
KW  - Expansion territoriale
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Relations raciales
KW  - ისტორია--
KW  - პოლიტიკური კულტურა--
KW  - კოლონიალიზმი--
KW  - ლუიზიანის ისტორია
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index; Empires, republics, and nations (1763-1804) -- Louisiana Purchase (1803-1808) -- Crisis (1808-1815) -- Attachments (1815-1820)
N2  - Publisher description: In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France. This seemingly simple acquisition brought with it an enormous new territory as well as the country's first large population of nonnaturalized Americans--Native Americans, African Americans, and Francophone residents. What would become of those people dominated national affairs in the years that followed. This book chronicles that contentious period from 1803 to 1821, years during which people proposed numerous visions of the future for Louisiana and the United States. The Louisiana Purchase proved to be the crucible of American nationhood, Peter Kastor argues. The incorporation of Louisiana was among the most important tasks for a generation of federal policymakers. It also transformed the way people defined what it meant to be an American
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