Instruments of Empire: Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803-1820

The United States confronted new problems of territorial expansion with the Louisiana Purchase, as it involved, for the first time, the transfer in sovereignty of a territory that contained a population who by birth, language and religion differed substantially from the inhabitants of the United Sta...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beauchamp, Michael Kelly
Other Authors: Hatfield, April L.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7403