Research Catalog

Title

Anglo-American Isthmian diplomacy, 1815-1915 / by Mary Wilhelmine Williams.

Author

Williams, Mary Wilhelmine, 1878-1944.

Publication

Washington : American Historical Association, 1916.

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Details

Description

xii, 356 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 col. map; 20 cm.

Series Statement

Prize essays of the American Historical Association ; 1914

Uniform Title

• ILM ; 2313.
• Making of modern law.

Subject

• Great Britain. United States, 1850 April 19
• Great Britain. United States, 1850 Apr. 19
• Panama Canal (Panama)
• United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States

Note

• "To this essay was awarded the Justin Winsor Prize in American History for 1914" -- half title verso.
• "This study was originally written as a thesis ... for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Leland Stanford Junior University"--Pref.
• Filmed from the original held by: Harvard Law School Library.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 331-345.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The British in Central America before 1815 -- British aggressions; American interest awakened, 1815-1850 -- The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, April 19, 1850 -- Attempts at readjustment under the New Treaty, 1850-1852 -- The Bay Islands Colony and the new interpretation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 1852-1854 -- American Defiance of British Claims, 1853-1855 -- The Crisis, 1855-1856; signs of British retreat -- Adjustment in accordance with American view, 1856-1860 -- Development of American opposition to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 1860-1895; end of Mosquito Reserve, 1894 -- The New Canal Treaties, and new conditions in Central America -- General resume.

LCCN

^^^16009663^

OCLC

6541429

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library