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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779576603321

Autore

Corps Terry <1962->

Titolo

The A to Z of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny [[electronic resource] /] / Terry Corps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-299-35634-6

0-8108-7016-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Collana

The A to Z guide series ; ; no. 67

Altri autori (Persone)

CorpsTerry <1962->

Disciplina

973.5603

Soggetti

History - United States

United States History 1815-1861 Dictionaries

United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Dictionaries

United States Biography 19th century Dictionaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously published in hardcover as: Historical dictionary of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-434).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Reader's Note; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix: Presidents and their Administrations, 1829-1849; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The brief period from 1829 to 1849 was one of the most important in American history. During just two decades, the American government was strengthened, the political system consolidated, and the economy diversified. All the while literature and the arts, the press and philanthropy, urbanization, and religious revivalism sparked other changes. The belief in Manifest Destiny simultaneously caused expansion across the continent and the wretched treatment of the Native Americans, while arguments over slavery slowly tore a rift in the country as sectional divisions grew and a national crisis becam