American Expansionism, 1783-1860

A Manifest Destiny?
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-582-36965-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Seminar Studies

This new Seminar Study surveys the history of U.S. territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until 1860.

The book explores the concept of 'manifest destiny' and asks why, if expansion was 'manifest', there was such opposition to almost every expansionist incident. Paying attention to key themes often overlooked - Indian removal and the US government land sales policy, the book looks at both 'foreign' expansion such as the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and the war with Mexico in the 1840s and 'internal' expansion as American settlers moved west.

Finally, the book addresses the most recent historiographical trends in the subject and asks how Americans have dealt with the expansionist legacy.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joy, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Early American Expansionism; Chapter 2 The Louisiana Purchase; Chapter 3 Rounding out the National Domain: Diplomacy and Boundary Issues; Chapter 4 Oregon and Texas; Chapter 5 The War with Mexico; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Mark S. Joy is Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science, Jamestown College, North Dakota