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Informationen zum Autor R. K. Miller has authored the Swordkey and the Devil's Path, the first two segments of the St. Louis Serial. A series that involves angels and demons along with a good dose of violence, crime, blood and sex.All of his works come from not only his warped mind but from his heart as well. They all contain a healthy amount of humor just like in the real world Klappentext Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Europeans and Americans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they discovered. In the United States, the British colonists who had recently become Americans were competing with the English, French, and Spanish for control of lands west of the Mississippi. Who would be the discoverers of the Indians and their lands, the United States or the European countries? We know the answer, of course, but in this book, Miller explains for the first time exactly how the United States achieved victory, not only on the ground, but also in the developing legal thought of the day. The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage-a land route across the continent-in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and animal life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. This fascinating book lays out how that ethnographic research became the legal basis for Indian removal practices implemented decades later, explaining how the Doctrine of Discovery became part of American law, as it still is today. Zusammenfassung Manifest Destiny! as a term for westward expansion! was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery! a tradition by which Europeans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they "discovered." This book lays out the legal basis for the Indian removal practices that were implemented decades later. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Foreword by Elizabeth Furse Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. The Doctrine of Discovery 2. The Doctrine of Discovery in America 3. Thomas Jefferson and the Doctrine of Discovery 4. Thomas Jefferson, Manifest Destiny, and the Indian Nations 5. Lewis and Clark and Discovery 6. Manifest Destiny and Discovery 7. The United States' Exercise of Discovery against the Indian Nations, 1774-2005 Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index ...
