"The essays in this volume examine a wide range of military, political, social, and cultural dimensions of the war. With full consideration given to American, Canadian, British, and native viewpoints, the international group of contributors place the war in national and international context, chart the course of events in its different theaters, consider the war{u2019}s legacy and commemoration, and examine the roles of women, African Americans, and natives."--Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. Clark -- The international context of the War of 1812 / Jeremy Black -- American "independence is not threatened" : British priorities in the War of 1812 / John R. Grodzinski -- The war on the high seas / Andrew Lambert -- Privateering, prizes, and profits: the private War of 1812 / Faye M. Kert -- The war on the lakes / David Curtis Skaggs -- The war in the Chesapeake / Christopher T. George -- War on the Gulf Coast: American ascendancy and the new order / Gene Allen Smith -- Mars in the wilderness: weapons and tactics of the War of 1812 / Douglas W. DeCroix -- Aboriginal peoples and their multiple wars of 1812 / Carl Benn -- The American home front, 1812-1815 / J.C.A. Stagg -- Heavy lies the crown: the Canadian social context of the War of 1812 / James Tyler Robertson -- The British home front / Walter L. Arnstein -- American Blacks in the War of 1812 / Alan Taylor -- War stories and love stories: conflict and culture in the War of 1812 / Nicole Eustace -- The Treaty of Ghent / Robert McColley -- A lasting legacy: how a little war shaped the transatlantic world / Donald R. Hickey -- War of 1812 memorials and commemorations / Ronald J. Dale -- Remembering the forgotten conflict: two hundred years of literature on the War of 1812 / Donald R. Hickey -- War of 1812 chronology / Ralph E. Eshelman.