Manifest Destiny

David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2003
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-32308-9 (ISBN)

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From Colonial times through the 19th century, European Americans advanced toward the west. This book explains the origins of territorial expansion and traces the course of Manifest Destiny to its culminating moment, the conquest of Mexico and the acquisition of the western territories. It also weighs major historical interpretations that have evolved over the years, from those praising expansionism to those condemning it as imperialistic and racist. A mixture of essays, biographical portraits, primary documents, a timeline, and an annotated bibliography gives students and researchers everything they need to begin their examination of this prominent and oft-disputed concept in American history.

Manifest Destiny opens with an overview that traces the causes and consequences of American expansionism. Six subsequent chapters cover topics varying from Andrew Jackson's invasion of Spanish Florida and Indian removal to the settlement of Texas and the Oregon Question. Biographical portraits of Stephen Austin, James K. Polk, Osceola, Santa Ana, John O'Sullivan—the coiner of the phrase Manifest Destiny—and others provide personal glimpses of some of the era's major players. Primary documents such as the Oregon Treaty of 1846, the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and the Polk's declaration of war against Mexico enable students to see actual historical evidence from the time period. A chronology, a glossary, and an index make this the most well-rounded and recent reference source on the topic.

DAVID S. Heidler and JEANNE T. HEIDLER are renowned, award-winning historians. David is on the faculty of Colorado State University, Pueblo. He is the author of Pulling the Temple Down: The Fire-eaters and the Destruction of the Union. Jeanne is Professor of History at the U.S. Air Force Academy. She is co-author with David Heidler of The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, the award-winning The Encycloopedia of the American Civil War, a Social, Political, and Military History, and The War of 1812 (Greenwood, 2002).

Series Foreword Introduction
Chronology
Historical
Overview
People on the Land: Policy, War, and the Great Migrations, 1784-1841
Finishing Off Florida
Domestic Impediments: Indian Removal
Santa Anna Meets Manifest Destiny: Texas
Oregon
Mr. Polk's War: Manifest Destiny and the Acquisition of the Southwest
Biographies of Prominent People in the Period
Primary Documents of the Period
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2003
Reihe/Serie	Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	595 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-313-32308-9 / 0313323089
ISBN-13	978-0-313-32308-9 / 9780313323089
Zustand	Neuware