Manifest design : American exceptionalism and Empire / Thomas R. Hietala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hietala, Thomas R., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Territorial expansion.

United States--History--1815-1861.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 284 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Other Title:

Manifest design : anxious aggrandizement in late Jacksonian America

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2003]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Magnificent Distances, Magnificent Intentions 1

Chapter 2 Texas, the Black Peril, and Alternatives to Abolitionism 10

Chapter 3 Of Swords and Plowshares: Coercion through Commerce 55

Chapter 4 Jefferson Redivivus: The Perils of Modernization 95

Chapter 5 Continentalism and the Color Line 132

Chapter 6 American Exceptionalism, American Empire 173

Chapter 7 Divided They Fell: The Demise of Democratic Expansionism 215

Chapter 8 The Myths of Manifest Destiny 255.

Notes:

Earlier ed.: Manifest design : anxious aggrandizement in late Jacksonian America. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

080148846X

OCLC:

52120186