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Van Atta John Robert |
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Securing the West : politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785-1850 / / John R. Van Atta |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Collana |
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Reconfiguring American Political History |
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Federal government - United States - History - 19th century |
Public lands - United States - History - 19th century |
Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories |
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United States Territorial expansion History 19th century |
United States Territorial expansion Government policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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