TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burge,Daniel J.
AU  - Project Muse
TI  - A failed vision of empire: the collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872 
SN  - 9781496228079
AV  - E179 .F355 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Manifest Destiny
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: The myth of Manifest Destiny --; Delaying destiny : the U.S.-Mexican War and the postponement of Manifest Destiny --; Promises of peace : the Washington doctrine and the election of 1848 --; Rejecting robbery : filibusters, Spain, and the quest for Cuba, 1850-1855 --; Stalling the slave power : the sectional critique of Manifest Destiny, 1855-1860 --; Controlling the continent : Manifest Destiny in the Civil War --; Worthless real estate : the environmental critique of Manifest Destiny, 1866-1868 --; Destiny's demise : the racial critique of Manifest Destiny, 1868-1872 --; Epilogue: Overturning the myth; 2; b
N2  - "A Failed Vision of Empire examines Manifest Destiny over the nineteenth century by challenging contested moments in the continental expansion of the United States to show that the ideal was not wildly popular, nor did it typically succeed in unifying expansionists"--
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