Building the Continental Empire American Expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War

by Weeks, William Earl

• ISBN13: 9781566631365
• ISBN10: 156663136X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

A new, succinct history of American expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War, showing how an aggressive foreign policy went hand in hand with the rise of nationalism. Thought-provoking, lucid, tightly argued, and often revelatory. Antebellum historians working in all bailiwicks will ignore Building the Continental Empire at their peril. --Michael Morrison, H-Net. American Ways Series.

Table of Contents

Preface
The American Nation and Empire to 1815	p. 3
Hemispheric Supremacy	p. 30
The Age of Manifest Destiny	p. 59
Texas and Oregon	p. 86
The Conquest of Mexico	p. 113
Expansionists at Bay	p. 140
Suggested Reading	p. 167
Index	p. 169
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