Manifest manhood and the Antebellum American empire / Amy S. Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Amy S., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

United States--History--1849-1877.

Filibusters.

Men--United States--History--19th century.

Men.

Masculinity--United States--History--19th century.

Masculinity.

United States--Colonial question.

Physical Description:

xv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book documents the potency of Manifest destiny in the antebellum era.

"This book documents the potency of Manifest Destiny in the antebellum era and situates imperial lust in the context of social and economic transformations that were changing the meaning of manhood and womanhood in the United States. Easy victory over Mexico in 1848 led many American men to embrace both an aggressive vision of expansionism and an equally martial vision of manhood. Debates about the propriety of aggression abroad polarized the public at home, shaping antebellum presidential elections, foreign policies, gender relations, and, ultimately, the failure of sectional compromise before the Civil War."--First Page

Contents:

1. The "new frontier" as safety value : the political and social context of Manifest Destiny, 1800-1860

2. An American Central America : boosters, travelers, and the persistence of Manifest Destiny

3. American men abroad : sex and violence in the Latin American travelogue

4. William Walker and the regeneration of martial manhood

5. The irresistible pirate : Narciso Lopez and the public meeting

6. American women abroad

7. Manifest Destiny and manly missionaries : expansionism in the Pacific

Conclusion : American manhood and war, 1860 to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-305) and index.

ISBN:

9780521840965

0521840961

9780521600804

0521600804

OCLC:

56413070

Publisher Number:

9780521840965

9780521600804