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Title

Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase : Robert Livingston's mission to France, 1801-1804 / Frank W. Brecher.

Author

Brecher, Frank W.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

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Description

v, 194 p. : map; 23 cm.

Summary

"The political maneuverings that took place between the United States and France during their negotiations regarding the Louisiana territory are detailed here. Through primary sources such as letters and memoranda, this work examines the role which Robert Livingston and other politicians of the day played in bringing the Louisiana issue to a successful conclusion for the United States"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Relations with Americans
• Geschichte 1801-1804
• 1801-1809
• Geschichte 1801-1804
• Louisiana Purchase
• United States > Territorial expansion
• United States > Foreign relations > 1801-1809

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The political setting -- The failed negotiations of 1802 -- The Monroe mission and a diplomatic breakthrough -- Factors underlying the breakthrough -- A nasty competition for the credit -- A balance sheet -- Consequences and controversies-an American historical perspective -- Appendix A, Summary of Livingston's Louisiana memorandum, July 1802 -- Appendix B, Two Talleyrand-Napoleon memoranda -- Appendix C, Summary and analysis of selected sections of Barbé-Marbois's Histoire de la Louisiane.

ISBN

• 0786423951 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9780786423958

LCCN

^^2006000197

OCLC

62896390

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library