Steven E. Woodworth: Manifest Destinies

Cover: 9780307277701 | Manifest Destinies | Steven E. Woodworth | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America's growth and shows how the acquisition of western territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep fault line that would bring war in the near future.

Steven E. Woodworth gives us a portrait of America at its most vibrant and expansive. It was a decade in which the nation significantly enlarged its boundaries, taking Texas, New Mexico, California, and the Pacific Northwest; William Henry Harrison ran the first modern populist campaign, focusing on entertaining voters rather than on discussing issues; prospectors headed west to search for gold; Joseph Smith founded a new religion; railroads and telegraph lines connected the country's disparate populations as never before.

When the 1840s dawned, Americans were feeling optimistic about the future: the population was growing, economic conditions were improving, and peace had reigned for nearly thirty years. A hopeful nation looked to the West, where vast areas of unsettled land seemed to promise prosperity to anyone resourceful enough to take advantage. And yet political tensions roiled below the surface; as the country took on new lands, slavery emerged as an irreconcilable source of disagreement between North and South, and secession reared its head for the first time.

Rich in detail and full of dramatic events and fascinating characters, Manifest Destinies is an absorbing and highly entertaining account of a crucial decade that forged a young nation's character and destiny.

Über den Autor

Steven E. Woodworth was born in Ohio and grew up in the Midwest. He earned his Ph.D. in history at Rice University in 1987, and is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-eight books on American history, including Nothing but Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861–1865. He is currently a professor of history at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps
Preface

PART ONE: The Two Party System
The Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign
Tyler, Clay, and the Durability of the Two-Party System
Abolitionism

PART TWO: Westward Expansion
The Oregon Trail
The Allure and the Danger of California
The Mormons and Their Migration

PART THREE: The Politics of Expansion
Tyler and Texas
The Election of 1844
Texas Annexation

PART FOUR: War with Mexico
Armies Along the Rio Grande
The Monterrey Campaign
New Mexico, Chihuahua, and California
Buena Vista
Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, and the Politics of Expansion
To the Gates of Mexico City
A Conquered Capital and a Negotiated Peace

PART FIVE: The Political System and the Controversies of Expansion
The Election of 1848
The California Gold Rush
California and the Expansion of Slavery
The Struggle for Compromise

Notes
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780307277701
ISBN-10:	0307277704
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Woodworth, Steven E.
Hersteller:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 132 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Steven E. Woodworth
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.11.2011
Gewicht:	0,498 kg