خرید لوئیزیانا: دایره‌المعارف تاریخی و جغرافیایی

Alphabetical Entries Cover Significant Events, Personalities, And Documents Associated With The Louisiana Purchase. Adams, John Quincy -- Addington, Henry, First Viscount Sidmouth -- Adet, Pierre Auguste -- Amana Colonies -- American Fur Company -- American Insurance Co. V. Canter -- Ames, Fisher -- Amiens, Peace Of -- Aranjuez, Convention Of -- Arapaho -- Arikara -- Arkansas -- Arkansas Post -- Armstrong, Fort -- Armstrong, John -- Ashley, William Henry -- Assiniboine -- Astor, John Jacob -- Atkinson, Fort -- Audubon, John James -- Badlands -- Barbe-marbois, Francois, Marquis De -- Baring Brothers -- Bastrop, Baron De -- Becknell, William -- Beckwourth, James -- Bellefontaine, Fort -- Benton, Thomas Hart -- Bent's Fort -- Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste -- Bingham, George Caleb -- Bison -- Black Hawk -- Black Hawk Purchase -- Black Hawk War -- Black Hills -- Blackfoot -- Bodmer, Charles -- Bonaparte, Joseph -- Bonaparte, Lucien -- Bonaparte, Napoleon -- Bonneville, Benjamin L.e. -- Boone, Daniel -- Bore, Jean Etienne -- Breckinridge, John -- Bridger, Fort -- Bridger, James -- Buffalo Soldiers -- Burr, Aaron -- Cabot, George -- Cajuns -- Cameahwait -- Camino Real, El -- Carondelet, Louis Francisco Hector De -- Carson, Christopher Kit, -- Cartography -- Casa-calvo, Sebastian Calvo De La Puerta Y O'farrill, Marques De -- Caspar, Fort -- Catlin, George -- Charbonneau, Toussaint -- Charles Iv -- Chartres, Fort De -- Cheyenne -- Chimney Rock -- Chouteau, Rene Auguste -- Claiborne, William Charles Cole -- Clark, Daniel -- Clark, Fort -- Clark, George Rogers -- Clark, William -- Clinton, George. Junius P. Rodriguez, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 473-488) And Index. Published in celebration of the Purchase's bicentennial, this resource offers a multifaceted view of a watershed American event.In one easy-access resource, The Louisiana Purchase brings together the work of over 100 experts covering historical figures, relevant legal and historical concepts, states that formed in the new territory, frontier outposts, and the Native Americans uprooted by expansion westward. The book examines every aspect and consequence of Thomas Jefferson's momentous transaction: the largest real estate deal in American history.Readers will learn how the purchase made Manifest Destiny really seem like destiny; how it sparked the rise of America's urban industrial society and inflamed passions over the expansion of slavery; and how it triggered tragic conflicts between the government and Native Americans as well as immeasurable environmental damage. Ideal for students, historians, and public and private libraries, the Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference ever compiled on an event so central to the American experience that it seems to lie at the heart of everything triumphant and tragic in our history. Published in celebration of the Purchase's bicentennial, this resource offers a multifaceted view of a watershed American event. In one easy-access resource, The Louisiana Purchase brings together the work of over 100 experts covering historical figures, relevant legal and historical concepts, states that formed in the new territory, frontier outposts, and the Native Americans uprooted by expansion westward. The book examines every aspect and consequence of Thomas Jefferson's momentous the largest real estate deal in American history. Readers will learn how the purchase made Manifest Destiny really seem like destiny; how it sparked the rise of America's urban industrial society and inflamed passions over the expansion of slavery; and how it triggered tragic conflicts between the government and Native Americans as well as immeasurable environmental damage. Ideal for students, historians, and public and private libraries, the Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference ever compiled on an event so central to the American experience that it seems to lie at the heart of everything triumphant and tragic in our history.

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In 2003 the United States will celebrate the bicentennial of an event that was much more than a simple real estate transfer between the French government and the newly established American Republic. The acquisition of Louisiana territory was one of the defining moments in American history, doubling the nation's size and changing the course of American civilization and culture. This volume includes an A-to-Z of signed articles, information on the early American West and the Westward movement itself, important historical figures, important concepts, the reactions of individual states, frontier outposts, Native Americans and the benefit and costs of westward expansion Preliminaries......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 7 A......Page 37 B......Page 59 C......Page 91 D......Page 129 E......Page 139 F......Page 141 G......Page 157 H......Page 171 I......Page 183 J......Page 193 K......Page 201 L......Page 213 M......Page 245 N......Page 277 O......Page 295 P......Page 307 Q......Page 325 R......Page 327 S......Page 337 T......Page 363 V......Page 381 W......Page 383 Y......Page 397