{"product_id":"the-louisiana-purchase-the-grand-bargain-and-the-making-of-america-pivotal-moments-in-american-history","title":"The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America (Pivotal Moments in American History)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Mikaberidze\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History and the Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University-Shreveport. He is an award-winning author and editor of over two dozen books that have appeared in over half a dozen languages. His books \n\u003cem\u003eKutuzov: A Life in War and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford 2022) and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Napoleonic Wars: A Global\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2020) received critical acclaim and won the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Awards and the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Prize. He served as an editor for the multi-volume \n\u003cem\u003eCambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars \u003c\/em\u003e(Cambridge, 2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcknowledgementsPreface \n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Origins of the Louisiana Question\u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 1: The Flags in the WindChapter 2: The Birth of LouisianaChapter 3: The Dueling EmpiresChapter 4: A Languishing ColonyChapter 5: The First Louisiana Cession \n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 6: The Spanish HeydaysChapter 7: Frontiersmen and RevolutionariesChapter 8: The Years of Conspiracy and RevolutionChapter 9: The Imperial RepublicChapter 10: Contrasting Minds, Competing DreamsChapter 11: Bonaparte's American Dream \n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Transitions and Transfers\u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 12: \"The Embryo of a Tornado\"Chapter 13: \"Iron and Gold\"Chapter 14: The Closure of the MississippiChapter 15: Renouncing LouisianaChapter 16: A Grand BargainChapter 17: An Act Beyond the ConstitutionChapter 18: The Dawn of a New Era \n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: The Aftermath\u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 19: The Matters of SovereigntyChapter 20: At the Threshold of WildernessChapter 21: A Troublesome NeighborChapter 22: Following the Money \n\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: The Great American Poem\u003c\/strong\u003eNotesSelect BibliographyIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Alexander Mikaberidze offers a profound and refreshing new take on the Louisiana Purchase as deeply rooted in European colonial rivalries and diplomatic gamesmanship. American leaders discovered that it was better to be lucky than good in securing the first great prize in their own construction of empire.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Alan Taylor, author of ^iAmerican Republics: A Continental History, 1783-1850^r \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No-one could write more authoritatively and brilliantly on the Louisiana Purchase than Alexander Mikaberidze, steeped as he is in all the international primary sources. He conveys superbly how the westward manifest destiny of the United States was in fact anything but manifest, and how important contingency was on what was to become the continental greatness of America.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Andrew Roberts, author of \n\u003cem\u003eNapoleon: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this engaging, revealing, and deeply researched book, Alexander Mikaberidze gives the long history of the Louisiana Purchase the sweeping global perspective it has always needed and deserved.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Peter Kastor, Washington University, author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and Creation of America\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With a range and amplitude that reflects the age of epic historians, and a precision and scholarship that captures the insights and issues of the present, Alexander Mikaberidze does it again. A very fine work on a seminal moment in the history of both the U.S. and the Americas.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Jeremy Black, author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Struggle for Mastery in North America\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exploration of an outstanding event in global history that both demonstrates masterful scholarship and recaptures the hallowed tradition of grand storytelling. Uncovering details long forgotten and obscured, Mikaberidze illuminates the Purchase's impact across national, imperial, and cultural boundaries. A rare achievement.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Edward G. Lengel, author of \n\u003cem\u003eGeneral George Washington: A Military Life\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alexander Mikaberidze offers a profound and refreshing new take on the Louisiana Purchase as deeply rooted in European colonial rivalries and diplomatic gamesmanship. American leaders discovered that it was better to be lucky than good in securing the first great prize in their own construction of empire.\" -- Alan Taylor, author of American Republics: A Continental History, 1783-1850 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No-one could write more authoritatively and brilliantly on the Louisiana Purchase than Alexander Mikaberidze, steeped as he is in all the international primary sources. He conveys superbly how the westward manifest destiny of the United States was in fact anything but manifest, and how important contingency was on what was to become the continental greatness of America.\" -- Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this engaging, revealing, and deeply researched book, Alexander Mikaberidze gives the long history of the Louisiana Purchase the sweeping global perspective it has always needed and deserved.\" -- Peter Kastor, Washington University, author of The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and Creation of America \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With a range and amplitude that reflects the age of epic historians, and a precision and scholarship that captures the insights and issues of the present, Alexander Mikaberidze does it again. A very fine work on a seminal moment in the history of both the U.S. and the Americas.\" -- Jeremy Black, author of The Struggle for Mastery in North America \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exploration of an outstanding event in global history that both demonstrates masterful scholarship and recaptures the hallowed tradition of grand storytelling. Uncovering details long forgotten and obscured, Mikaberidze illuminates the Purchase's impact across national, imperial, and cultural boundaries. A rare achievement.\" -- Edward G. Lengel, author of General George Washington: A Military Life \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA true pivotal moment in American history, the Louisiana Purchase redefined the boundaries of the United States and recharted the course of its history. The story behind it transcends borders \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleonic France in 1803, paying--so the story goes--a mere 15 million dollars, or \"four cents an acre.\" The young nation more than doubled its size, absorbing the greater part of an entire continent in a single real estate transaction. This overlooks a critical feature of the purchase, however: the agreement signed by Thomas Jefferson did not grant the American republic the land; it merely allowed it to assume the authority to negotiate the acquisition of the land, which was still owned by Native Americans. The Louisiana Purchase was a founding event of what ultimately became the U.S.-Indian Treaty System, one that produced over two hundred Native American cessions between 1804 and 1970 and cost the United States billions of dollars. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander Mikaberidze's provocative and engrossing book examines what lay behind what eventually became one of the costliest undertakings in American history--not only in dollars but in lives displaced and cultures erased. To do that, he looks beyond the period's diplomatic wranglings and delves into a broader story of European colonialism to illuminate why Louisiana was passed around--from France to Spain, then back to France--before the U.S. purchase. How did it go from being a burden to a prize? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding the full significance of the Louisiana Purchase means expanding the narrative. The country's destiny was determined by men who had never walked the streets of New Orleans or gazed upon the majestic panoramas of the Rockies but who instead managed the finances of the world's empires. Territorial ambition remains a persistent feature in American politics. This book compels us to appreciate the larger story of the purchase and its place in both national and global history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780197548141, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496035975446,"sku":"9780197548141","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-louisiana-purchase-the-grand-bargain-and-the-making-of-america-pivotal-moments-in-american-history","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}