Securing the West : Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785-1850 /

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Few issues defined the period between American independence and the Mexican War more sharply than westward settlement and the role of the federal government in that expansion. In Securing the West, John R. Van Atta examines the visions of the founding generation and the increasing influence of ideol...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Van Atta, John Robert (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Politik
Grundeigentum
Expansion
Territorial expansion.
Slavery > Extension to the territories.
Public lands.
Manifest Destiny.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Federal government.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Destinee manifeste (Politique americaine)
Esclavage > États-Unis > Extension aux États libres.
Terres publiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Indians of North America > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories.
Public lands > United States > History > 19th century.
Federal government > United States > History > 19th century.
USA
West United States.
United States.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1848.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Politique gouvernementale.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire > 19e siecle.
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
United States > Territorial expansion > Government policy.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: "A Great Country, Populous and Mighty"
  • 1. "Republican Notions-and Utopian Schemes"
  • 2. An Embryo of Empire
  • 3. Rise of the Radical West
  • 4. "A World within Itself"
  • 5. Foot's Resolution and the "Great Debate"
  • 6. Whose West?-Alternative Visions
  • 7. "A Lawless Rabble"
  • Epilogue: The West Secured?
  • Notes
  • Essay on Sources
  • Index.

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