Securing the West - Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 17851850

By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic--particularly in Jacksonian America.

Info autore

John R. Van Atta teaches history and constitutional law at the Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut. He is author of The Wolf by the Ears: The Missouri Crisis, 1819–1821, forthcoming from Johns Hopkins.

Riassunto

By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic-particularly in Jacksonian America.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John R van Atta, John R. van Atta, John R. Van Atta, John R. (Oaklawn Chair in American Histo Van Atta, John R. (Oaklawn Chair in American History Van Atta, John Robert Van Atta
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.06.2014
• EAN: 9781421412757
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1275-7
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Politic; Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Politic
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni