The Shifting Balance of Power American-British Diplomacy in North America, 1842-1848

by Dykstra, David L.

• ISBN13: 9780761813637
• ISBN10: 0761813632
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The Shifting Balance of Power recounts the events that led to the assumption of power in the Western Hemisphere by the United States as the attention of the British gradually shifted elsewhere. David L. Dykstra illuminates the situation and events that forged a commitment to liberal economic principles that allowed the United States to become the dominant nation in the Western Hemisphere.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Broadening Horizons, 1842-1843	p. 1
The Challenge of American Expansionism, 1844	p. 33
Hesitant Capitulation, 1845	p. 69
Ratifying the Shifting Balance, 1846	p. 115
A Shifting Perspective, 1847-1848	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 173
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 237
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