Borderlines in borderlands : James Madison and the Spanish-American frontier, 1776-1821 / J.C.A. Stagg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stagg, J. C. A. (John Charles Anderson), 1945-

Series:

Lamar series in western history.

The Lamar series in western history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Madison, James, 1751-1836--Political and social views.

Madison, James.

Spain. Treaties, etc--United States, (1819 Feb. 22).

Spain.

International relations--History.

International relations.

Southern boundary of the United States--History--18th century.

Southern boundary of the United States.

Southern boundary of the United States--History--19th century.

East Florida--History.

East Florida.

West Florida--History.

West Florida.

Texas--History--To 1846.

Texas.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Spain.

Spain--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 307 p.) ) maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. A TROUBLESOME NEIGHBOR

2. WEST FLORIDA

3. EAST FLORIDA

4. TEXAS

5. TOWARD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TREATY

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612089640

9781282089648

1282089641

9780300153286

0300153287

OCLC:

656452662