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Filibusters and Expansionists : Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821 /
This compelling narrative demonstrates the passionate interest the Jeffersonian presidents had in wresting land from less powerful foes and expanding Jefferson''s ""empire of liberty."" The first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans eager to move away fr...
| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
The University Alabama Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Introduction; 1. ''''A Special Kind of State Making"": Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny; 2. ""To Conquer without War"": The Philosophy of Jeffersonian Expansion; 3. Followers of the Green Flag: Revolution in the Texas Borderlands; 4. The First Spanish-American War: Patriot Efforts to Annex Florida; 5. ""Pacified by Paternal Solitude"": Indian Wars as an Expansionist Movement; 6. A Leftover of War: Negro Fort; 7. ''''A Set of Desperate and Bloody Dogs"": The Acquisition of Amelia Island; 8. Destiny Becomes Manifest: Andrew Jackson Invades Florida.
- 9. ""Taking Advantage of Propitious Circumstances"": The Struggle for Texas10. A Jeffersonian Leviathan: Manifest Destiny Succeeds; Notes; Bibliography; Index.