Eclectic Currents of a Historic Deed. Louis Werner.
by Werner, Louis; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 8Global Issues. Publisher: Americas, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Anniversaries | France -- Colonies | Louisiana Purchase (1803) | Mississippi River Watershed | Spain -- Colonies | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- United StatesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A number of cities in the United States will be celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of a nation and secured its control of a mighty watershed." (AMERICAS) This article explores the cultural heritage and historical significance of the Louisiana Purchase "which with the stroke of a pen France sold to the United States its greatest North American territory--all land west of the Mississippi River drained by its tributaries--over which the Spanish flag had flown for the previous forty years."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Eclectic Currents of a Historic Deed, April 2003; pp. 15-21.
"A number of cities in the United States will be celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of a nation and secured its control of a mighty watershed." (AMERICAS) This article explores the cultural heritage and historical significance of the Louisiana Purchase "which with the stroke of a pen France sold to the United States its greatest North American territory--all land west of the Mississippi River drained by its tributaries--over which the Spanish flag had flown for the previous forty years."
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