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The Louisiana Purchase / by Michael Burgan ; content adviser, Harry Rubenstein ; social studies adviser, Sherry L. Field ; reading adviser, Linda D. Labbo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: We the people (Compass Point Books)Publication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2002.Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0756502101 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.4/6 21
LOC classification:
  • E333 .B87 2002
Contents:
A vast frontier -- Spanish Louisiana -- Fighting for the river -- Two treaties -- Napol�eon's dream -- Jefferson's dream -- Warning of war -- A great bargain -- A great nation.
Summary: Looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.

A vast frontier -- Spanish Louisiana -- Fighting for the river -- Two treaties -- Napol�eon's dream -- Jefferson's dream -- Warning of war -- A great bargain -- A great nation.

Looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion.