Black, Jeremy.
Fighting for America : The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871. - 1 online resource (492 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface & Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Sixteenth-Century Background -- 2 Creating New Frontiers 1600-74 -- 3 Britain, France, and the Natives 1674-1715 -- 4 Multiple Currents 1715-53 -- 5 War for Dominance 1754-64 -- 6 Britain Triumphant to America Independent 1765-76 -- 7 Britain Defeated 1775-83 -- 8 Flexing Muscles 1783-1811 -- 9 Florida, but Not Canada: From the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine 1812-23 -- 10 Expansionism and Its Problems 1823-43 -- 11 From the Oregon Question to the Gadsden Purchase 1844-53 -- 12 A Great Power in the Making? America 1853-61 -- 13 America Divided 1861-63 -- 14 Winning the War 1863-65 -- 15 Settling the North American Question 1865-71 -- 16 Postscript 1871-2010 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 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.
Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernán Cortés in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington and the withdrawal of most British garrisons, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. In this wide-ranging narrative, Black makes clear that the process by which America gained supremacy was far from inevitable. The story Black tells is one of conflict, diplomacy, geopolitics, and politics. The eventual result was the creation of a United States of America that stretched from Atlantic to Pacific and dominated North America. The gradual withdrawal of France and Spain, the British accommodation to the expanding U.S. reality, the impact of the American Civil War, and the subjugation of Native peoples, are all carefully drawn out. Black emphasizes contingency not Manifest Destiny, and reconceptualizes American exceptionalism to take note of the pressures and impact of international competition.
9780253005618
France -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Geopolitics -- North America -- History.
Geopolitics -- United States -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Manifest Destiny.
North America -- History, Military.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Electronic books.
E179.5 -- .B66 2011eb
970.01
Fighting for America : The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871. - 1 online resource (492 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface & Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Sixteenth-Century Background -- 2 Creating New Frontiers 1600-74 -- 3 Britain, France, and the Natives 1674-1715 -- 4 Multiple Currents 1715-53 -- 5 War for Dominance 1754-64 -- 6 Britain Triumphant to America Independent 1765-76 -- 7 Britain Defeated 1775-83 -- 8 Flexing Muscles 1783-1811 -- 9 Florida, but Not Canada: From the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine 1812-23 -- 10 Expansionism and Its Problems 1823-43 -- 11 From the Oregon Question to the Gadsden Purchase 1844-53 -- 12 A Great Power in the Making? America 1853-61 -- 13 America Divided 1861-63 -- 14 Winning the War 1863-65 -- 15 Settling the North American Question 1865-71 -- 16 Postscript 1871-2010 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 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.
Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernán Cortés in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington and the withdrawal of most British garrisons, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. In this wide-ranging narrative, Black makes clear that the process by which America gained supremacy was far from inevitable. The story Black tells is one of conflict, diplomacy, geopolitics, and politics. The eventual result was the creation of a United States of America that stretched from Atlantic to Pacific and dominated North America. The gradual withdrawal of France and Spain, the British accommodation to the expanding U.S. reality, the impact of the American Civil War, and the subjugation of Native peoples, are all carefully drawn out. Black emphasizes contingency not Manifest Destiny, and reconceptualizes American exceptionalism to take note of the pressures and impact of international competition.
9780253005618
France -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Geopolitics -- North America -- History.
Geopolitics -- United States -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Manifest Destiny.
North America -- History, Military.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Electronic books.
E179.5 -- .B66 2011eb
970.01