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The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763

Mapp, Paul W

2013,2011,2014,2012

Overview

A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history and shows that a Pacific focus is crucial to understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the Seven Years' War.

• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press,Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture,University of North Carolina Press,The University of North Carolina Press,Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture,Omohundro Institute and University of North Caroli
• Subject: 18th century / American Studies / British / Causes / Colonial Period (1600-1775) / Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775 / Colonialism / Colonization / Discovery and exploration / Empires / Europe / European Studies / French / Geography / HISTORY / Imperialism / Imperialism -- History -- 18th century / North America / North America -- Colonization / North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British / North America -- Discovery and exploration -- French / North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish / North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 / Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Causes / Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763 / Spanish / Territory / United States / West (U.S.) / West (U.S.) -- Colonization / Western civilization
• ISBN: 9780807833957, 0807833959, 1469600862, 9781469600864