‘The Louisiana Purchase’ details the forefront of a mighty empire
In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803. It was the realization of a part of the former colonists’ ambitions.
- ▪In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds.
- ▪But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803.
- ▪It was the realization of a part of the former colonists’ ambitions.
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In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803. Recommended Stories Inside Scoop: Data center debate, empathy gone wild, Talarico’s woke past Inside Scoop: Working-class zeros, Courting Disaster, Nevada’s big gamble Socialist primary wins could complicate Jeffries’ path to the speaker’s gavel He gives a thorough and engaging account of the fateful transaction that doubled the size of the young nation, as well as all that led up to it.
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