French Perceptions of the Early American Republic, 1783-1793: Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 180)

by Peter P. Hill

Hill contends that French officials in the postwar decade had already perceived a deep-rooted Amer. indifference, even hostility, to a number of vital French nat. interests. The author examines the harsh disappointments & frustrations these officials experienced in their dealings with Amer. in the 1780s, whether on the high seas, or in U.S. courts & customs houses, in the halls of Congress, or in their encounters with Amer. attitudes. These essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871691809
• ISBN13: 9780871691804
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 196 Pages