Adventurism and Empire: The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803

by David Narrett

Book Overview

In this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As he traces currents of peace and war over four critical decades--from the close of the Seven Years War through the Louisiana Purchase--Narrett sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history through cross-border trade, settlement projects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469618338
• ISBN13: 9781469618333
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"