Border Law: The First Seminole War and American Nationhood

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.

• | Author: Deborah A. Rosen
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: April 06, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674967615
• | ISBN-13: 9780674967618