Lester D. Langley, Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia, is the author or editor of a number of books on the history of United States foreign relations, including Central America: The Real Stakes, The United States and the Caribbean in the Twentieth Century (Georgia) and MexAmerica: Two Countries, One Future. He is general editor of the University of Georgia Press series of books The United States and the Americas.
A book that will, for years, be the benchmark against which future
studies of Canadian-American relations will have to be
measured.--Contemporary Sociology
A comprehensive, lively, and opinionated history of
Canadian-American relations. The skillful weaving of social and
cultural issues and concerns into their story, especially in the
latter half of the book, and the placement of United States policy
towards Canada with the other states in the hemisphere, are
valuable contributions to the analysis of the relationship. . . .
The book merits a wide readership by students, scholars, and others
in both Canada and the United States.--Canadian Historical
Review
A profoundly important book. At a time when there has been much
romanticization of master-slave relations, Gross dissects hundreds
of antebellum legal cases in which the presumed attributes of
blacks, whites, and those 'in between' were litigated. What emerges
is a pattern of assumptions whose power was sanctioned by law and
whose legacy we battle still. A brilliant work of
scholarship.--Canadian Journal of Political Science
A very solid piece of scholarship, written in a graceful, engaging
manner that will appeal to a broad audience of readers.--American
Review of Canadian Studies
An important book that promises to become the standard in the field
. . . The reader is rewarded with a fair and insightful historical
perspective of the complex North American relationship.--Journal of
American History
Informative and entertaining . . . Recount[s] with considerable
verve the saga of Canadian-American relations over more than two
centuries.--Times Literary Supplement
Refreshingly sensitive to Canadian misperceptions of the United
States as well as to the perennial American ignorance of
Canada.--New York Times Book Review
This timely volume constitutes a major addition to the growing
library of scholarly works on Canadian-American relations. Given
the growing importance of this multidimensional relationship even
for the United States, one wonders why major studies of this unique
bond remain relatively rare. . . . In sum, this important and
useful volume, enriched by impressive footnoting and an
exceptionally thorough bibliographic essay, deserves careful study
and wide circulation. It should be on the reading list of all
general courses dealing with Canadian-U.S. relations and it should
be acquired by every North American high school, college, and
university library. Perhaps most important, every Canadian or U.S.
policymaker whose responsibilities include some aspect of
Canadian-U.S. relations should know its contents well; this work is
probably the best single-volume treatment of the subject to
date.--Perspectives on Political Science
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