Adventurism and empire : the struggle for mastery in the Louisiana-Florida borderlands, 1762-1803 / David Narrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narrett, David E., 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands.

History.

West Florida--History.

West Florida.

Borderlands--United States--History--18th century.

Louisiana--History--To 1803.

Louisiana.

Florida--History--To 1821.

Florida.

Gulf States--History--To 1803.

Gulf States.

United States--Foreign relations--Spain.

United States.

International relations.

Spain.

Spain--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

United States--Gulf States.

United States--West Florida.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 375 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Contents:

Part I. Struggles for empire in peace and war, 1762-1787

Prologue: the open and hidden features of peace: Louisiana, Florida, and the imperial settlement of 1762-1763

Maritime and interior colony: beginnings of British West Florida, 1763-1766

The conundrum of "Spanish-French" Louisiana: British imperialism and the Mississippi-Gulf frontier, 1766-1775

Opening salvos in a Revolutionary War, 1776-1779

Multiple conflicts: warfare and a disputed peace, 1779-1783

Bidding and conspiring for access to the realm, 1783-1787

Part II. New empires, new republics, 1787-1803

Prologue: Wilkinson and the imperial self

License to venture: colonization and commercial adventurism

Frontier separatism and integration

Conspiracies and international turmoil

Intrigues across Creek Country and beyond

The imperial question at century's end

Conclusion: the impermanence of boundaries.

Notes:

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1469618338

9781469618333

OCLC:

875742372

Publisher Number:

99962315019