Citizens of Convenience by Lawrence B. A. Hatter

This type of diplomacy-balancing the local with the transnational-helped to define the American people as a distinct nation within the Revolutionary Atlantic world and stake out the United States’ imperial domain in North America. Its narrative centers on British and Irish fur traders who came to We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. customs and territorial officials had to tailor policies to local needs while delineating and validating membership in the national community. Hatter's Citizens of Conscience is both nicely focused and impressively grand. A.: 9780813939544: : Books Books History Americas Buy new: 39.50 FREE Returns FREE delivery Friday, October 21 Or fastest delivery Wednesday, October 19. To establish authority over both its own nationals and an array of non-nationals within its borders, U.S. Citizens of Convenience: The Imperial Origins of American Nationhood on the U.S.-Canadian Border (Early American Histories): Hatter, Lawrence B. Citizens of Convenience: The Imperial Origins of American Nationhood on the U.S.-Canadian Border (Early American Histories) Author(s): Hatter, Lawrence B. citizens from British subjects on the border posed a significant challenge to the United States’ founding claim that it formed a separate and unique nation. Hatter explains how the difficulty of distinguishing U.S. The U.S.-Canadian border was a critical site of United States nation- and empire-building during the first forty years of the republic. Abe’s father and brother founded the family business in 1917. In Citizens of Convenience, Lawrence Hatter shows how this practice undermined the United States’ claim to nationhood and threatened the transcontinental imperial aspirations of U.S.

Like merchant ships flying flags of convenience to navigate foreign waters, traders in the northern borderlands of the early American republic exploited loopholes in the Jay Treaty that allowed them to avoid border regulations by constantly shifting between British and American nationality.

Citizens of Convenience by Lawrence B. A. Hatter