Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion A Brief History with Documents

Name: Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion A Brief History with Documents
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ISBN: 9780312600488

ISBN-10: 0312600488

ISBN-13: 9780312600488

Edition: 2012

Authors: Amy S. Greenberg

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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,…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 12/23/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 178
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.02" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English