Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion: A Brief

Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
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Manifest Destiny has been one of the most influential ideologies in American history, serving as the justification for the nationâ€™s territorial expansion in the antebellum era. In this compelling collection, Amy Greenberg focuses on the social, cultural and political context that gave rise to Manifest Destiny. She explores how American expansionism evolved from its colonial roots and accompanying notions of exceptionalism to become a fully articulated rationale in the 1840s for expanding the nationâ€™s borders and seizing lands from Native Americans and Mexico and later from Cuba and Central America. Documents â€” including diary and personal narratives, letters, political speeches, contemporary illustrations, newspaper accounts, essays, appeals, and a song â€” highlight the origin of the term itself, ideological support and rejection of Manifest Destiny, and the voices of those most painfully affected by American expansion. Headnotes, a chronology and bibliography further support students in their study of this development in American foreign policy.
Country USA
Brand Bedford/St. Martin's
Manufacturer Bedford/St. Martin's
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new-Nov09usbook-2017-c047470
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780312600488
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)