The Pig War
Subtitle: the United States, Britain, and the balance of power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-72
By: Scott Kaufman.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Boundary disputes -- History -- 19th century; Balance of power -- Case studies; San Juan Islands (Wash.) -- History -- 19th century; San Juan Islands (Wash.) -- Strategic aspects -- History -- 19th century; Northwest boundary of the United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Boundaries -- Canada; Canada -- Boundaries -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Very few people have heard of the "Pig War," since this episode in American history was overshadowed by the U.S. Civil War and the beginning of mass immigration from Europe. Yet this diplomatic conflict between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the shooting of a single pig, lasted more than twenty years, and greatly impacted the relationship between the two nations.

Scott Kaufman carefully examines, and places into both an American and an international context, the origins and the resolution of this tense stand-off over contested colonial territory. His story not only reveals a tense dispute between a burgeoning imperial power and a waning empire but also highlights the changing Reconstruction-era U.S. national ideology, foreign diplomacy, and control over foreign markets."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.