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Strangers on their native soil : opposition to United States' governance in Louisiana's Orleans territory, 1803-1809
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Strangers on their native soil : opposition to United States' governance in Louisiana's Orleans territory, 1803-1809 / Julien Vernet.
ISBN
9781617037535 (cloth : alk. paper)
1617037532 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781617037542 (ebook)
1617037540 (ebook)
Published
Jackson [Mississippi] : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Physical Description
vi, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"An object so dear to the heart of every American" : American interests and the purchase of Louisiana
A conquered people : the view from Washington
"A flame in the district" : the organization of protest against territorial government in Orleans
"Pestered with intriguants" : territorial administration under attack in Orleans and Washington
"A severe shock to W.C.C. and his gang" : the opposition's representatives in territorial and national government
Folly and failure : the fall of the opposition faction
Jefferson triumphant : republican Orleans and American Louisiana.
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