{"product_id":"adventurism-and-empire-the-struggle-for-mastery-in-the-louisianaflorida-borderlands-17621803-9781469636030","title":"Adventurism and Empire  The Struggle for Mastery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As David Narrett traces currents of peace and war over four critical decades - from the close of the Seven Years War through the Louisiana Purchase - he sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrett weaves a tapestry that is at once vast, spectacular, and intricate.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Impressively researched. . . . A work that all specialists on the subject will savor and mine for further insights. . . . Does a masterful job of tracing the twists and turns of the various diplomatic and cultural alliances that were formed throughout the borderlands.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eFlorida Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[A] thoughtful and meticulous book. . . . Required reading for scholars of eighteenth-century North American history.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Narrett demonstrates a masterful understanding of the complicated and unpredictable course of events that contributed to the United States' ultimate acquisition of this region.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Well researched, clearly argued, crisply written, and, in addition, entertaining.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[Narrett] provides a compelling narrative that deserves the attention of historians of the early American South and of borderlands more generally.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[An] impressive book…gracefully written and judiciously argued.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"The product of truly impressive, multi-archival research.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of the North Carolina Association of Historians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[The] utilization of Spanish-language work is outstanding….This is a book that is well worth reading.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[Narrett] used extensive archival collections and published primary and secondary sources to produce this well-done study. . . . Highly recommended.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040102121815,"sku":"9781469636030","price":26.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469636030.jpg?v=1750945749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adventurism-and-empire-the-struggle-for-mastery-in-the-louisianaflorida-borderlands-17621803-9781469636030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}