The Settlers' Empire: Colonialism and State Formation in America's Old Northwest

by Bethel Saler

Book Overview

The 1783 Treaty of Paris, which officially recognized the United States as a sovereign republic, also doubled the territorial girth of the original thirteen colonies. The fledgling nation now stretched from the coast of Maine to the Mississippi River and up to the Great Lakes. With this dramatic expansion, argues author Bethel Saler, the United States simultaneously became a postcolonial republic and gained a domestic empire. The competing demands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224612
• ISBN13: 9780812224610
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"