Manifest Design - American Exceptionalism and Empire

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Note on Sources

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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

Zusammenfassung

Praise for the earlier edition— "A fascinating, thought-provoking book.... [Hietala] shows that it was not destiny but design and aggression that enabled the United States to control Texas, New Mexico, and California."—Historian "[Hietala] has...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas R Hietala, Thomas R. Hietala
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.01.2003
• EAN: 9780801488467
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8846-7
• Seiten: 312
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 233 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 440 g
• Serien: Cornell Paperbacks; Cornell Paperbacks
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung