Bibliographic Details
| Main Author : |
Woodworth Steven E
(Auteur) |
| Format : |
Book |
| Language : |
anglais |
| Title statement : |
Manifest destinies : America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War / Steven E. Woodworth |
| Edition : |
1st ed. |
| Published : |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf
, impr. 2010
|
| Physical Description : |
1 vol. (XIV-412 p.-[8] p. de pl. |
| Content : |
The two-party system. The log cabin and hard cider campaign ; Tyler, Clay, and the durability of the two-party system ; Abolitionism. Westward expansion. The Oregon Trail ; The allure and the danger of California ; The Mormons and their migration. The politics of expansion. Tyler and Texas ; The election of 1844 ; Texas annexation. War with Mexico. Armies along the Rio Grande ; The Monterrey campaign ; New Mexico, Chihuahua, and California ; Buena Vista ; Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, and the politics of expansion ; To the gates of Mexico City ; A conquered capital and a negotiated peace. The political system and the controversies of expansion. The election of 1848 ; The California gold rush ; California and the expansion of slavery ; The struggle for compromise |
| Subjects : |
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Nantilus
