A failed vision of empire : the collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872 /
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Delaying Destiny: The U.S.-Mexican War and the Postponement of Manifest Destiny
- 2. Promises of Peace: Washington's Farewell and the Election of 1848
- 3. Rejecting Robbery: Filibusters, Spain, and the Quest for Cuba, 1850--1855
- 4. Stalling the Slave Power: The Sectional Critique of Manifest Destiny, 1855--1860
- 5. Controlling the Continent: Manifest Destiny in the Civil War
- 6. Worthless Real Estate: The Environmental Critique of Manifest Destiny, 1866--1868
- 7. Destiny's Demise: The Racial Critique of Manifest Destiny, 1868--1872.