Citizens of Convenience The Imperial Origins of American Nationhood on the U. S. -Canadian Border |
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Author:
| Hatter, Lawrence B. A. |
Series title: | Early American Histories Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3954-4 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.50USD $39.50 |
Book Description:
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Like merchant ships flying flags of convenience to navigate foreign waters, traders in the northern borderlands of the early American republic constantly shifted between British and American nationality. Lawrence Hatter shows how this practice undermined the United States' claim to nationhood and threatened the transcontinental imperial aspirations of US policymakers.
Like merchant ships flying flags of convenience to navigate foreign waters, traders in the northern borderlands of the early American republic constantly shifted between British and American nationality. Lawrence Hatter shows how this practice undermined the United States' claim to nationhood and threatened the transcontinental imperial aspirations of US policymakers.