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Coast-to-coast empire : Manifest Destiny and the New Mexico borderlands / William S. Kiser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiser, William S., 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- New Mexico--History--19th century.
- New Mexico.
- Manifest Destiny.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 273 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Analyzes the political and strategic importance of nineteenth-century New Mexico as the geographic space connecting Texas and California in terms of American imperialism, Manifest Destiny, and the sectionalism surrounding slavery debates"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Merchant capitalism and the Santa Fe trade
- The occupation and conquest of New Mexico
- Indian wars and the contest for the southwestern frontier
- Popular sovereignty and peculiar institutions
- Railroad capitalism and the transcontinental line
- The Civil War and the final contest for New Mexico.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806160269
- 0806160268
- OCLC:
- 1033548393
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