Thomas R Hietala

Manifest Design

American Exceptionalism and Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since 1845, the phrase "manifest destiny" has offered a simple and appealing explanation of the dramatic expansionism of the United States. In this incisive book, Thomas R. Hietala reassesses the complex factors behind American policymaking during the late Jacksonian era. Hietala argues that the quest for territorial and commercial gains was based more on a desire for increased national stability than on any response to demands by individual pioneers or threats from abroad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780801488467
• ISBN-10: 080148846X
• Artikelnr.: 21969329

Autorenporträt

Thomas R. Hietala is Professor of History at Grinnell College.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1: Magnificent Distances, Magnificent IntentionsCHAPTER 2: Texas,
the Black Peril, and Alternatives to AbolitionismCHAPTER 3: Of Swords and
Plowshares: Coercion through CommerceCHAPTER 4: Jefferson Redivivus: The
Perils of ModernizationCHAPTER 5: Continentalism and the Color LineCHAPTER
6: American Exceptionalism, American EmpireCHAPTER 7 Divided They Fell: The
Demise of Democratic ExpansionismCHAPTER 8 The Myths of Manifest DestinyA
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Index