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Author Rosen, Deborah A., 1955- author.

Title Border law : the first Seminole War and American nationhood / Deborah A. Rosen
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts. : Harvard University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
Contents U.S.-Spanish relations and the Florida campaigns -- Rules of war and American nation-building -- Challenges and conflicts -- Creeks, Seminoles, and Indian wars -- Civilization and nationhood -- Race and territoriality -- Military tribunals and rule of law -- Conclusion
Summary The First Seminole War shaped how the United States demarcated its spatial and legal boundaries. Rooted in exceptionalism, manifest destiny, and racism, the legal framework that emerged from Andrew Jackson's invasion of Florida laid the groundwork for the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision, and westward expansion, as Deborah Rosen shows
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Seminole Indians -- Wars.
Seminole Indians -- Florida -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History
Indians of North America -- Land tenure.
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Boundaries
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Land tenure
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Seminole Indians -- Government relations
Seminole Indians -- Wars
Territorial expansion
SUBJECT United States -- Boundaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139915
Florida -- Boundaries
United States -- Territorial expansion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140559
Subject Florida
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780674425699
0674425693