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Black, Jeremy.

Fighting for America the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871 / [electronic resource] : Jeremy Black. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xvii, 470 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Manifest Destiny.
Geopolitics--History.--North America
Geopolitics--History.--United States


United States--Territorial expansion.
North America--History, Military.
Great Britain--Colonies--History.--America
France--Colonies--History.--America


Electronic books.

E179.5 / .B66 2011eb

970.01
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