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A failed vision of empire : the collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872 / Daniel J. Burge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2022.; Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000.Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781496228079
  • 9781496231673
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E179 .F355 2022
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Contents:
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.
Subject: "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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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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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