Revolutionary Negotiations : Indians, Empires, and Diplomats in the Founding of America.
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- 9780813928708
- 973.3
- E249.S23 2010
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue The Cherokee Emperor -- Chapter 1: ''In the Nature of Ambassadors'' North American Diplomacy within the British Empire -- Chapter 2: ''In an Odd State'' The American Decision to Leave the British Empire -- Chapter 3: ''Are We Not . . . Independant States?'' Imagining and Realizing an Independent America -- Chapter 4: ''Rendering Us Great and Respectable in the Eyes of the World'' The Diplomatic Imperative for the Federal Constitution -- Chapter 5: ''To Be Considered as Foreign Nations'' The Ambiguous Triumph of Federalist Statecraft -- Chapter 6: Enlarging ''Our Association'' The Triumph of the Diplomacy of Conquest -- Epilogue The Cherokee Lawyer -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
These negotiations truly were revolutionary.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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