Breakaway Americas : the unmanifest future of the Jacksonian United States / Thomas Richards, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Thomas, Jr., 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Separatist movements--History--19th century.

Separatist movements.

United States--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

United States.

United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The author examines six attempts by groups of nineteenth-century Americans to escape, rather than extend, the borders of the United States. Although their goals and methods varied, these six groups -- 'patriots' who attempted to overthrow British rule in Canada, post-removal Cherokees in the Indian Territory, Mormons in the Salt Lake Valley, Anglo-American overland immigrants in both Mexican California and Oregon, and Anglo-Americans in Texas -- had a common mind-set: they were not expansionists and did not believe in manifest destiny. They hoped instead to form new, independent republics based on the 'American values' that they felt were no longer being upheld in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Texas moment

Perfecting America in Canada

Mormon Zion and the quest for an American theocracy

The Cherokee Nation and the quest for a native republic

The seigneurial Republic of California

The White Yeoman's Republic of Oregon

The end of the Texas moment

Epilogue: The splintering and reemergence of the Texas moment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-3714-7

OCLC:

1143652550