Castlereagh and Adams : England and the United States 1812-1823 / Bradford Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Bradford, 1925-2008, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1812-1815.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1817-1825.

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1964]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I . PROLOGUE

II . RELUCTANT DRAGONS

III . JONATHAN FACES A DRUBBING

IV. AMERICANS AT GHENT

V. THE BRITISH DILEMMA

VI. ABANDONING THE "SABLE HEROES"

VII. CONQUEST OR COMPROMISE?

VIII. THE SHOCK OF PEACE

IX. THE UNEASY ARMISTICE

X. WARFARE OF THE MIND

XI. VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH AND MR. ADAMS

XII. COTTON AND TOBACCO, CALICOES AND CUTLERY

XIII. DIPLOMACY OF THE PAST

XIV. THE CONVENTION OF 1818

XV. SPANISH SPOILS

XVI. CANNING SEEKS AN ALLY

XVII. THE MONROE DOCTRINE

NOTE ON THE SOURCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520336155

0520336151

OCLC:

1153530667