New Territories, New Perspectives: The Religious Impact of the Louisiana Purchase by Richard J. Callahan Jr.
English | May 16, 2008 | ISBN: 0826217842 | 253 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
With the doubling of America’s territory that came with the Louisiana Purchase, American culture was remapped in the bargain. The region’s indigenous inhabitants had already been joined by Catholic missionaries, both French and Spanish, along with Africans brought as slaves to the Caribbean islands and North America; now all were met by a predominantly Protestant culture rushing westward.