John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire / William Earl Weeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weeks, William Earl, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Foreign relations--United States.

Spain.

United States--Foreign relations--Spain.

United States.

Florida--History--Cession to the United States, 1819.

Florida.

Adams-Onís Treaty (1819 February 22).

Adams-Onís Treaty.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, John Quincy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

John Quincy Adams & American global empire.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of a man, a treaty, and a nation. The man was John Quincy Adams, regarded by most historians as America's greatest secretary of state. The treaty was the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, of which Adams was the architect. It acquired Florida for the young United States, secured a western boundary extending to the Pacific, and bolstered the nation's position internationally. As William Weeks persuasively argues, the document also represented the first determined step in the creation of an American global empire.Weeks follows the course of the often labyrinthine negotiations by

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Destiny; TWO: Developing a Strategy; THREE: First Moves; FOUR: ""The South American Question""; FIVE: Jackson's Invasion of Florida; SIX: Onis Brought to a Point; SEVEN: The Origins of Empire; Epilogue: The American Cicero; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Spine title: John Quincy Adams & American global empire.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-225) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813184098

0813184096

9780813190587

0813190584

9780813148373

0813148375

OCLC:

556173081