Fighting for America : the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871

Jeremy Black

Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernan Cortes in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington and the withdrawal of most British garrisons, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. In this wide-ranging narrative, Black makes clear that the process by which America gained supremacy was far from inevitable. The story Black tells is one of conflict, diplomacy, geopolitics, and politics. The eventual result was the creation of a United States of America that stretched from Atlantic to Pacific and dominated North America. The gradual withdrawal of France and Spain, the British accommodation to the expanding U.S. reality, the impact of the American Civil War, and the subjugation of Native peoples, are all carefully drawn out. Black emphasizes contingency not Manifest Destiny, and re-conceptualizes American exceptionalism to take note of the pressures and impact of international competition.

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[目次]

  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations Introduction
  • 1. Sixteenth-Century Background
  • 2. Creating New Frontiers, 1600-74
  • 3. Britain, France and the Natives, 1674-1715
  • 4. Multiple Currents, 1715-53
  • 5. War for Dominance, 1754-64
  • 6. Britain Triumphant to America Independent, 1765-76
  • 7. Britain Defeated, 1775-83
  • 8. Flexing Muscles, 1783-1811
  • 9. Florida, But Not Canada: From the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine, 1812-1823
  • 10. Expansionism and its Problems, 1823-43
  • 11. From the Oregon Question to the Gadsden Purchase, 1844-53
  • 12. A Great Power in the Making? America, 1853-61
  • 13. America Divided, 1861-63
  • 14. Winning the War, 1863-5
  • 15. Settling the North American Question, 1865-71
  • 16. Postscript, 1871-2010
  • Conclusions Notes
  • Index

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書名 Fighting for America : the struggle for mastery in North America, 1519-1871
著作者等 Black Jeremy
出版元 Indiana University Press
刊行年月 c2011
ページ数 xvii, 470 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780253356604
NCID BB0737990X
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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