Title: A whole country in commotion
Description: "Looking past the triumphal aspects of the purchase, this book examines the “negotiations among peoples, nations and empires that preceded and followed the actual transfer of territory.” Its nine essays highlight the “commotion” the purchase stirred up?among nations, among Louisiana residents and newcomers, even among those who remained east of the Mississippi." -- publisher website (June 2007).
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase, Frontier and pioneer life, Ethnic relations, History, Louisiana, history, Arkansas, history