A Failed Vision of Empire : The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872 /

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"A Failed Vision of Empire examines Manifest Destiny over the nineteenth century by challenging contested moments in the continental expansion of the United States to show that the ideal was not wildly popular, nor did it typically succeed in unifying expansionists"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burge, Daniel J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Territorial expansion.
Politics and government.
Manifest Destiny.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > History > 1849-1877.
United States > Territorial expansion.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The myth of Manifest Destiny
  • Delaying destiny : the U.S.-Mexican War and the postponement of Manifest Destiny
  • Promises of peace : the Washington doctrine and the election of 1848
  • Rejecting robbery : filibusters, Spain, and the quest for Cuba, 1850-1855
  • Stalling the slave power : the sectional critique of Manifest Destiny, 1855-1860
  • Controlling the continent : Manifest Destiny in the Civil War
  • Worthless real estate : the environmental critique of Manifest Destiny, 1866-1868
  • Destiny's demise : the racial critique of Manifest Destiny, 1868-1872
  • Epilogue: Overturning the myth.

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