Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion

Amy S. Greenberg

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Formato:
Paperback
Editore:
St Martin's Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua:
Inglese
Pagine:
208
Dimensioni:
209 X 139
Codice EAN:
9780312600488
Generi:
History, America
Altre informazioni:
Illustrations, maps
Prezzo di copertina:
$ 18,75

I contenuti

Manifest Destiny has been one of the most influential ideologies in American history, serving as the justification for the nation's territorial expansion in the antebellum era. In this compelling collection, Amy Greenberg focuses on the social, cultural and political context that gave rise to Manifest Destiny. She explores how American expansionism evolved from its colonial roots and accompanying notions of exceptionalism to become a fully articulated rationale in the 1840s for expanding the nation's borders and seizing lands from Native Americans and Mexico and later from Cuba and Central America. Documents -- including diary and personal narratives, letters, political speeches, contemporary illustrations, newspaper accounts, essays, appeals, and a song -- highlight the origin of the term itself, ideological support and rejection of Manifest Destiny, and the voices of those most painfully affected by American expansion. Headnotes, a chronology and bibliography further support students in their study of this development in American foreign policy.

Indice

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

L'Autore

AMY GREENBERGProfessor 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 theUSA in the world.

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'This volume is an exceptional window onto the process and ideology of American territorial expansionism. It is thoughtfully conceptualized and provides an impressive blend of conventional and unconventional source material.' - Robert E. May, Purdue University, USA