Toussaint's clause : the founding fathers and the Haitian revolution /
In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810...
| Основен автор: | Brown, Gordon S., 1936- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
℗♭2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=430711 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Toussaint's clause. |
| Резюме: |
In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810, the disagreement reverberated far beyond Caribbean waters and American coastal ports. War between France and Britain, the great powers of the time, raged on the seas and in Europe. America watched aghast as its trading partner Haiti, a rich hothouse of sugar plantations and French colonial profit, expl. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : map |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-315) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781604736977 1604736976 |