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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America (1st Edition) by Peter J. Kastor Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-300-10119-8 / 0300101198 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10119-5 / 9780300101195 In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France. This seemingly simple acquisition brought with it an enormous new territory as well as the country's first large population of non-naturalized Americans - Native Americans, African Americans, and Francophone residents. What would become of t |