Title: United States expansionism and British North America, 1775-1871 /
Authors: Stuart, Reginald C.
Date: 1988
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Physical description: xvi, 374 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: This panoramic study looks at almost a century of diverse American views on the relationship between the United States and the Canadian provinces by surveying commercial, intellectual, diplomatic, political, journalistic, and popular sources. Beginning after the Revolution and continuing through the CIvil War, the United States aggressively expanded to the West but left the British North American provinces to develop into an independent nation. This book covers that neglected chapter in the history of aggressive U.S. expansionism. -- Book Jacket.
Contents: pt. 1, The era of defensive expansion, 1775-1815: -- Revolutionary expansionism and the provinces -- Northern expansion and the provinces -- Expansionism and the War of 1812; -- pt. 2, The era of Manifest Destiny, 1815-1860: -- Manifest Destiny and provincial boundaries -- The provinces and antebellum entrepreneurs -- The provincial rebellions -- The northern tour -- A northern refuge for slave and rebels; -- pt. 3, The era of the new American empire dawns, 1850-1871: -- The Reciprocity Treaty and North American convergence -- The dawning American empire and the provinces -- A new northern neighbor and the Treaty of Washington.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): British--North America--History--18th century.; British--North America--History--19th century.; Great Britain--Relations--United States.; United States--Relations--Great Britain.; United States--Territorial expansion.