A whole country in commotion: the Louisiana Purchase and the American Southwest

Introduction : a whole country in commotion / Patrick G. Williams -- Lewis and Clark : kidnappers / Elliott West -- Jefferson's grand expedition and the mystery of the Red River / Dan Flores -- Could Louisiana have become an Hispano-Indian republic? / Kathleen DuVal -- A shifting middle ground...

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Contributors: Williams, Patrick 1957- (Editor) ; Williams, Patrick G. 1957- (Other) ; Bolton, S. Charles (Other) ; Whayne, Jeannie M. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Fayetteville, Ark. University of Arkansas Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Südweststaaten, USA / Louisiana Purchase
Further subjects:B Louisiana History To 1803
B Arkansas History 19th century
B Collection of essays
B Frontier and pioneer life Southwest, Old
B Louisiana Purchase
B Southwest, Old Ethnic relations
B Louisiana History 1803-1865
B Southwest, Old History 19th century
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Summary:Introduction : a whole country in commotion / Patrick G. Williams -- Lewis and Clark : kidnappers / Elliott West -- Jefferson's grand expedition and the mystery of the Red River / Dan Flores -- Could Louisiana have become an Hispano-Indian republic? / Kathleen DuVal -- A shifting middle ground : Arkansas's frontier exchange economy and the Louisiana Purchase / Jeannie M. Whayne -- Jeffersonian Indian removal and the emergence of Arkansas Territory / S. Charles Bolton -- "Outcasts upon the world" : the Louisiana Purchase and the Quapaws / Joseph Patrick Key -- The Louisiana Purchase and the Black experience / Charles F. Robinson II -- The first years of American justice : courts and lawyers on the Arkansas frontier / Lynn Foster -- Dancing into the past : colonial legacies in modern Caddo Indian ceremony / George Sabo III.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1557287848