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The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
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About The Elusive West And The Contest For
Product Description A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history and shows that a Pacific focus is crucial to understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the Seven Years' War. Review Deeply researched and carefully argued.-- American Historical Review Mapp's prose is lucid and engaging, and he displays a dazzling knowledge of early modern European cartography. . . . [This] book is first class all the way, from the many reproduced maps to the generous space allotted for the index, and it is a pleasure to pick up and peruse.-- Arkansas Historical Quarterly Well organized, written, and indexed. . . . A must read for anyone wishing to understand the historical significance and complexities of the early 18th century colonial world.-- The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians An impressively well-researched and thoughtful work.-- Southwestern Historical Quarterly The book's analysis of nearly forty maps, its wide-ranging archival research, its original translations from French and Spanish sources (often rendered in the original language in the notes), and the extensive historiography in the footnotes all add up to a scholarly tour de force.-- Journal of Southern History [The book] reveals an enormous amount about how geographic information traveled in imperial circuits, explaining in minute detail how crucial geopolitical decisions were made.-- William and Mary Quarterly Deeply researched and beautifully written and illustrated book. . . is highly recommended.-- Tennessee Historical Quarterly [A] thought-provoking study of the eighteenth-century colonial West before 1763.-- The Historian An excellent job of placing Spanish Bourbon political aims and actions in a multilateral and multinational context, moving the history of the American West toward a pluralistic vision encompassing the histories of the French, Spanish, British, and, occasionally, Russian efforts that preceded the westward movement of people from the United States.-- Hispanic American Historical Review Mapp displays a knowledge of European diplomacy and Borderlands history that will dazzle. . . . [He] places the elusive West back on the misinformed maps of the time and restores contingency to the course of empire.-- New Mexico Historical Review Thoughtfully researched, structured, and argued. . . . Mapp has written an excellent book.-- Journal of Interdisciplinary History Recommended for classroom use and the general history buff seeking a new perspective.-- Colonial Latin American Historical Review This is connected history on a grand scale, though Mapp never lets the considerable erudition that undergirds it get in the way of the story he so masterfully tells. . . . Remarkably well written and accessible.-- Diplomatic History The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire is written in a graceful, conversational style that asks good questions and makes thoughtful answers.-- Journal of American History An incredible work of history.-- Terrae Incognitae One of the smartest pieces of scholarship on the eighteenth century published in the last decade. . . . A possible revolution in Seven Years War historiography.--H-Diplo Roundtable Path-breaking. . . . A rich and novel story that will force historians to rethink some of the standard interpretations of the struggle for empire in 18th-century North America.-- London Review of Books Review The Elusive West puts Paul Mapp at the forefront of an exciting generation of continental early Americanists. His dazzling research combin
