Empires of the Imagination: Transatlantic Histories of the Louisiana Purchase

Empires of the Imagination takes the Louisiana Purchase as a point of departure for a compelling new discussion of the interaction between France and the United States. In addition to offering the first substantive synthesis of this transatlantic relationship, the essays collected here offer new interpretations on themes vital to the subject, ranging from political culture to intercultural contact to ethnic identity. They capture the cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813928079
• ISBN13: 9780813928074
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 12