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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465217103321

Autore

Van Atta John Robert

Titolo

Securing the West : politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785-1850 / / John R. Van Atta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4214-1276-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Reconfiguring American Political History

Disciplina

978/.02

Soggetti

Federal government - United States - History - 19th century

Public lands - United States - History - 19th century

Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories

Electronic books.

United States Territorial expansion History 19th century

United States Territorial expansion Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue: “A Great Country, Populous and Mighty�""; ""1 “Republican Notions�and Utopian Schemes�""; ""2 An Embryo of Empire""; ""3 Rise of the Radical West""; ""4 “A World within Itself �""; ""5 Foot�s Resolution and the “Great Debate�""; ""6 Whose West?�Alternative Visions""; ""7 “A Lawless Rabble�""; ""Epilogue: The West Secured?""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""

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