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Breakaway Americas : The Unmanifest Future of the Jacksonian United States /

"The author examines six attempts by groups of nineteenth-century Americans to escape, rather than extend, the borders of the United States. Although their goals and methods varied, these six groups -- 'patriots' who attempted to overthrow British rule in Canada, post-removal Cherokee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Richards, Thomas, Jr., 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Texas moment
  • Perfecting America in Canada
  • Mormon Zion and the quest for an American theocracy
  • The Cherokee Nation and the quest for a native republic
  • The seigneurial Republic of California
  • The White Yeoman's Republic of Oregon
  • The end of the Texas moment
  • Epilogue: The splintering and reemergence of the Texas moment.