“A month later Congress was emboldened to ask for a loan of eight ships of the line to break the British blockade, and hinted that it would like to see in addition the French and Spaniards send a large fleet at their own expense. And in December a further instruction was dispatched to the commissioners to ask for a loan of two million pounds sterling to help stabilize the American dollar, and pressure was to be exerted to induce the French to delay their entry no longer.”
Van Alstyne’s study of the origins and the emergence of the United States as a national state and of its subsequent growth pattern.
Author: R. W. Van Alstyne
Title: The Rising American Empire
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1960
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 215p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, light chipping, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with bumping to corners and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy and square. Pages toned. Owner’s name on front free end-paper. A few occurrences of pencil markings in text-block.
Comments: Solid copy
