The Louisiana Purchase

Download or read book The Louisiana Purchase written by Peter J. Kastor and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2002-09-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference anthology providing contributed essays by eminent scholars with excerpts of primary source documents (accompanied by explanatory head notes) to address the reasons why the Louisiana Purchase happened and to examine the tremendous changes it brought about. The introduction explains the details of the purchase. Chapters that follow explore the political cultures on both sides of the Mississippi River in the years immediately preceding the Louisiana Purchase the events immediately related to the Louisiana Purchase through the experiences of Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr (Jefferson's controversial vice president), Dehahuit (Caddo Indian chief), and Edward Livingston (politician and legal theorist); and the Louisiana Purchase's connections to American politics and constitutionalism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR