The A to Z of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny / / Terry Corps

• Autore: Corps Terry <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.5603
• Soggetto topico: History - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States History 1815-1861 Dictionaries; United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Dictionaries; United States Biography 19th century Dictionaries
• Altri autori: CorpsTerry <1962->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The A to Z of the Jacksonian era and Manifest Destiny
• ISBN: 1-299-35634-6; 0-8108-7016-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827117503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: A to Z guides ; ; 67.