The A to Z of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny / Terry Corps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corps, Terry, 1962-

Contributor:

Corps, Terry, 1962-

Series:

A to Z guides ; 67.

The A to Z guide series ; no. 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--United States.

History.

United States--History--1815-1861--Dictionaries.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861--Dictionaries.

United States--Biography--19th century--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The brief period from 1829 to 1849 was one of the most important in American history. During just two decades, the American government was strengthened, the political system consolidated, and the economy diversified. All the while literature and the arts, the press and philanthropy, urbanization, and religious revivalism sparked other changes. The belief in Manifest Destiny simultaneously caused expansion across the continent and the wretched treatment of the Native Americans, while arguments over slavery slowly tore a rift in the country as sectional divisions grew and a national crisis becam

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Reader's Note; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix: Presidents and their Administrations, 1829-1849; Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

Previously published in hardcover as: Historical dictionary of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-434).

Related Work:

Corps, Terry, 1962- Historical dictionary of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32691-5

1-299-35634-6

0-8108-7016-9

OCLC:

854971122