Fighting for America : the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871 / Jeremy Black.
Author/creator |
Black, Jeremy, 1955- |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, |
Description | xvii, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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Contents | Sixteenth-century background -- Creating new frontiers, 1600-74 -- Britain, France, and the natives, 1674-1715 -- Multiple currents, 1715-53 -- War for dominance, 1754-64 -- Britain triumphant to America independent, 1765-76 -- Britain defeated, 1775-83 -- Flexing muscles, 1783-1811 -- Florida, but not Canada : from the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine, 1812-23 -- Expansionism and its problems, 1823-43 -- From the Oregon question to the Gadsden Purchase, 1844-53 -- A great power in the making? : America, 1853-61 -- America divided, 1861-63 -- Winning the war, 1863-65 -- Settling the North American question, 1865-71 -- Postscript, 1871-2010. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2011008159 |
ISBN | 9780253356604 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0253356601 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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