Chapter 1 The "Spirit of '76" and the Search for National Honor: The Northeastern Boundary Dispute Chapter 2 Freedom Awakened: "Remember the Caroline!" Chapter 3 Mother Country at Bay: The Strange Case of Alexander McLeod Chapter 4 Honor at Sea or Slavery at Home? The African Slave Trade, Right of Search, and the Creole Mutiny Chapter 5 Machiavellian Prelude to Negotations: Toward the National Interest Chapter 6 Epilogue to the American Revolution: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty and National Honor Chapter 7 A New and Even More Troublesome Boundary Dispute: Northwest to Oregon Chapter 8 Rising Temperature: Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever Chapter 9 Only at the Cannon's Mouth: Young Hickory Takes Charge Chapter 10 From Crisis to Compromise: The Oregon Treaty
Howard Jones is university research professor and chair of the department of history at the University of Alabama. Donald A. Rakestraw is associate professor of U.S. Diplomatic History at the Georgia Southern University.
Jones and Rakestraw have provided a comprehensive overview and
richly textured, masterful analysis of the Northeast and Northwest
boundary disputes. Clearly and engagingly written . . . a
magnificent scholarly achievement that undoubtedly will be
acknowledged as the definitive study of Anglo-American relations in
the expansionist decade of the 1840s.
*Edward P. Crapol, College of William and Mary*
This volume combines the impressive and complementary scholarship
of two proven authors into a thoughtful and concise analysis of the
troubling Anglo-American boundary disputes that found their
resolution in the Webster-Ashburton and Oregon treaties. The
refreshing detail and sound judgments assure an enlightening
diplomatic venture through this fateful age.
*Norman A. Graebner, University of Virginia*
In an elegantly written, exquisitely detailed account of the
Northeast and Northwest boundary disputes with England settled in
the 1840s, Jones and Rakestraw depict the diplomacy with abundant
background material and colorful descriptions of main
characters.
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