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- catalog abstract ""Very few people have heard of the "Pig War," since this episode in American history was overshadowed by the U.S. Civil War and the beginning of mass immigration from Europe. Yet this diplomatic conflict between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the shooting of a single pig, lasted more than twenty years, and greatly impacted the relationship between the two nations. Scott Kaufman carefully examines, and places into both an American and an international context, the origins and the resolution of this tense stand-off over contested colonial territory. His story not only reveals a tense dispute between a burgeoning imperial power and a waning empire but also highlights the changing Reconstruction-era U.S. national ideology, foreign diplomacy, and control over foreign markets."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13094842.
- catalog coverage "Canada Boundaries United States.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "Northwest boundary of the United States History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "San Juan Islands (Wash.) History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "San Juan Islands (Wash.) Strategic aspects History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States Boundaries Canada.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""The middle of the channel" -- "An exclusive right over the premises" -- "We have had one most lucky escape" -- "The president was not prepared" -- "An equitable solution of the difficulty" -- "The happy agreement ... Is a long, long way off yet" -- "Pretend the coolest indifference" -- "I believe the decision to be of singularly little importance."".
- catalog description ""Very few people have heard of the "Pig War," since this episode in American history was overshadowed by the U.S. Civil War and the beginning of mass immigration from Europe. Yet this diplomatic conflict between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the shooting of a single pig, lasted more than twenty years, and greatly impacted the relationship between the two nations.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.".
- catalog description "Scott Kaufman carefully examines, and places into both an American and an international context, the origins and the resolution of this tense stand-off over contested colonial territory. His story not only reveals a tense dispute between a burgeoning imperial power and a waning empire but also highlights the changing Reconstruction-era U.S. national ideology, foreign diplomacy, and control over foreign markets."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0739107291 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books,".
- catalog spatial "Canada Boundaries United States.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "Northwest boundary of the United States History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "San Juan Islands (Wash.) History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "San Juan Islands (Wash.) Strategic aspects History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States Boundaries Canada.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "979.7/7403 22".
- catalog subject "Balance of power Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Boundary disputes History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "F897.S2 K38 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents ""The middle of the channel" -- "An exclusive right over the premises" -- "We have had one most lucky escape" -- "The president was not prepared" -- "An equitable solution of the difficulty" -- "The happy agreement ... Is a long, long way off yet" -- "Pretend the coolest indifference" -- "I believe the decision to be of singularly little importance."".
- catalog title "The Pig War : the United States, Britain, and the balance of power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-72 / Scott Kaufman.".
- catalog type "text".