Prologue to Manifest Destiny
Anglo-American Relations in the 1840's
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.…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Jones, Howard
- ISBN: 978-0-8420-2498-3
- EAN: 9780842024983
- Produktnummer: 1821766
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 553 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 553
Über den Autor
Howard Jones is university research professor and chair of the department of history at the University of Alabama. Donald A. Rakestraw is associate professor of U.S. Diplomatic History at the Georgia Southern University.
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