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Building an American empire : the era of territorial and political expansion /

"Westward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the forty-eight contiguous states was hardly a foregone conclusion, and the federal government played a critical role...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frymer, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.
Colección:Princeton studies in American politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Boundaries and Movement
  • Chapter 3. "Advancing Compactly as We Multiply"
  • Chapter 4. Homesteading and Manufacturing Whiteness
  • Chapter 5. The Limits of Manifest Destiny
  • Chapter 6. A Second Removal?
  • Chapter 7. America's Settler Empire at the End of the Frontier
  • Index.