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Border Law : The First Seminole War and American Nationhood / Deborah A. Rosen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) : 7 maps, 1 tableContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674967618
  • 9780674425699
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/72 23
LOC classification:
  • KF639 .R67 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- 1 U.S.-Spanish Relations and the Florida Campaigns -- 2 Rules of War and American Nation-Building -- 3 Challenges and Conflicts -- 4 Creeks, Seminoles, and Indian Wars -- 5 Civilization and Nationhood -- 6 Race and Territoriality -- 7 Military Tribunals and Rule of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: The First Seminole War shaped how the United States demarcated its spatial and legal boundaries. Rooted in exceptionalism, manifest destiny, and racism, the legal framework that emerged from Andrew Jackson's invasion of Florida laid the groundwork for the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision, and westward expansion, as Deborah Rosen shows.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- 1 U.S.-Spanish Relations and the Florida Campaigns -- 2 Rules of War and American Nation-Building -- 3 Challenges and Conflicts -- 4 Creeks, Seminoles, and Indian Wars -- 5 Civilization and Nationhood -- 6 Race and Territoriality -- 7 Military Tribunals and Rule of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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The First Seminole War shaped how the United States demarcated its spatial and legal boundaries. Rooted in exceptionalism, manifest destiny, and racism, the legal framework that emerged from Andrew Jackson's invasion of Florida laid the groundwork for the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision, and westward expansion, as Deborah Rosen shows.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)