An edition of Manifest destinies (2010)

Manifest destinies

America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War

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An edition of Manifest destinies (2010)

Manifest destinies

America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War

1st ed.

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A sweeping history of the 1840s that captures America's enormous sense of possibility and shows how the extraordinary expansion of territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep rift that would bring war just a decade later.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
412

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Subjects

Manifest Destiny, Territorial expansion, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Causes, History, United states, territories and possessions, Mexican war, 1846-1848, United states, territorial expansion, United states, history, 1815-1861, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes

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United States

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Civil War, 1861-1865, 1815-1861
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Manifest Destinies: America's Westward Expansion and the Road to the Civil War
Nov 01, 2011, Vintage
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Manifest destinies: America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War
2010, Alfred A. Knopf
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Table of Contents

The two-party system
The log cabin and hard cider campaign
Tyler, Clay, and the durability of the two-party system
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
The Oregon Trail
The allure and the danger of California
The Mormons and their migration
The politics of expansion
Tyler and Texas
The election of 1844
Texas annexation
War with Mexico
Armies along the Rio Grande
The Monterrey campaign
New Mexico, Chihuahua, and California
Buena Vista
Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, and the politics of expansion
To the gates of Mexico City
A conquered capital and a negotiated peace
The political system and the controversies of expansion
The election of 1848
The California gold rush
California and the expansion of slavery
The struggle for compromise.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
970.04
Library of Congress
E179.5 .W65 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 412 p., [8] p. of plates
Number of pages
412

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OL27123053M
Internet Archive
manifestdestinie0000wood
ISBN 10
0307265242
ISBN 13
9780307265241
LCCN
2010016843
OCLC/WorldCat
515405606

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