Sale!

Adventurism and Empire: The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803

Amazon.com Price:  $32.97 (as of 06/05/2019 07:32 PST- Details)

Description

On this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the US emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain within the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As he traces currents of peace and war over four crucial decades–from the close of the Seven Years War in the course of the Louisiana Purchase–Narrett sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history through cross-border trade, settlement projects involving slave and free labor, and military incursions aimed at Spanish and Indian territories.

Narrett examines the clash of empires and nationalities from diverse perspectives. He weighs the challenges facing Native Americans along side the contest between Spanish, French, British, and U.S. interests. In a turbulent era, the Louisiana and Florida borderlands were shaken by tremors from the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution. By demonstrating pervasive intrigue and subterfuge in borderland rivalries, Narrett shows that U.S. Manifest Destiny was once no longer a linear or inevitable progression. He offers a fresh interpretation of the way events within the Louisiana and Florida borderlands altered the North American balance of power, and affected the history of the Atlantic world.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Americas » United States » Colonial Period » Adventurism and Empire: The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803

Recent Products