Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion

A Brief History with Documents

Amy S. Greenberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2011
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-0-312-60048-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Amy Greenberg examines the social, cultural and political context that gave rise to Manifest Destiny- one of the most influential ideologies in American history. Drawing on primary documents, she explores how it evolved from colonial roots to become a fully articulated rationale in the 1840s for expanding the nation's borders.

Autor

AMY GREENBERG Professor of American History and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. An historian of antebellum America, she has focused her research and teaching on the politics, culture and gender history of the era, as well the role of the USA in the world.

Inhalt

PARTI: INTRODUCTION: THE 'FREE DEVELOPMENT' OF A NORTH AMERICAN EMPIRE.- The Ideological Origins of Manifest Destiny.- Territorial Expansion in the Early Republic.- Factors driving Early Expansionism.- Where do Indian People fit into the Narrative of Manifest Destiny?.- Social Transformations and the Birth of Aggressive Expansionism.- Opposing Voices.- Andrew Jackson and the March to the Southwest.- The Overland Trail Annexation and War with Mexico.- Taking Matters into Their Own Hands: Filibustering.- Sectionalism checks Expansionism.- After the Civil War: Manifest Destiny Re-evaluated and Redeemed.- PARTII: THE DOCUMENTS.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 208 p.
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-312-60048-8 / 0312600488
• ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60048-8 / 9780312600488
• Zustand: Neuware