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West of Emerson : the design of manifest destiny / Kris Fresonke.
Van Pelt Library PS1642.W48 F74 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fresonke, Kris, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Knowledge and learning--West (U.S.).
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Knowledge and learning--West (U.S.).
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Historiography.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Territorial expansion.
- Historiography.
- United States--Territorial expansion--Historiography.
- United States.
- West (U.S.)--Historiography.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- West of Emerson is an examination of the literature of Manifest Destiny, and the related politics and theological motivations for America's westward expansion during the nineteenth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520225090
- 0520231856
- OCLC:
- 48515739
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