Donald A. Rakestraw, Howard Jones

Prologue to Manifest Destiny

Anglo-American Relations in the 1840's

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Produktbeschreibung

During the 1840s the United States and England were in conflict over two unsettled territories along the undefined Canadian-American border. This riveting account of the Maine and Oregon boundary treaties is brought to life masterfully by Professors Howard Jones and Donald Rakestraw. The events in this story paved the way for one of the most far-reaching developments in American history: the age of expansion. The United States gradually came to believe in manifest destiny, the irreversible expansion of the States across the continent. The country?s success with England in resolving the two territorial disputes marked the dawn of this new era. Complicating the U.S.-English situation in the 1840s was a border conflict brewing with Mexico. Failure to resolve the disputes with England might have led the United States to war with two nations at once. Careful negotiations led to settlements with England instead of war. But the United States went to war with Mexico from 1846 to 1848. Prologue to Manifest Destiny offers a rare, detailed look at the tense Anglo-American relationship during the 1840s and the two agreements reached regarding the land in the Northeast and the Northwest. Presidents John Tyler and James Polk and the robust master of diplomacy, Daniel Webster, were among the American actors who played center stage in the drama, as well as Britain?s Lord Ashburton, who worked closely with Webster to keep the turbulent conflict over the Northeast territory from escalating into war. This gripping frontier story will fascinate as it educates. Prologue to Manifest Destiny is perfect for courses in American history, international relations, and diplomatic history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780842024983
• ISBN-10: 0842024980
• Artikelnr.: 21258874

Autorenporträt

By Donald A. Rakestraw and Howard Jones

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The "Spirit of '76" and the Search for National Honor: The
Northeastern Boundary Dispute Chapter 2 Freedom Awakened: "Remember the
Caroline!" Chapter 3 Mother Country at Bay: The Strange Case of Alexander
McLeod Chapter 4 Honor at Sea or Slavery at Home? The African Slave Trade,
Right of Search, and the Creole Mutiny Chapter 5 Machiavellian Prelude to
Negotations: Toward the National Interest Chapter 6 Epilogue to the
American Revolution: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty and National Honor
Chapter 7 A New and Even More Troublesome Boundary Dispute: Northwest to
Oregon Chapter 8 Rising Temperature: Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever Chapter 9
Only at the Cannon's Mouth: Young Hickory Takes Charge Chapter 10 From
Crisis to Compromise: The Oregon Treaty