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Manifest destiny and the expansion of America / Rodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson, editors.

Title
Manifest destiny and the expansion of America / Rodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson, editors.
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Carlisle, Rodney P.
  • Golson, J. Geoffrey
Description
xix, 238 p. : ill., map; 27 cm.
Summary
Looks at ten turning points in American history and offers a review of each event, alternative scenarios, and discussion questions.
Series Statement
Turning points : actual and alternate histories
Uniform Title
Turning points--actual and alternate histories
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Lewis and Clark -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 2. War of 1812 -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 3. Monroe Doctrine -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 4. Railroads and Telegraph -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 5. Texas Revolution -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 6. Mexican War -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 7. California Gold Rush -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 8. Compromise of 1850 -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 9. Republican Party -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- 10. Lincoln-Douglas Debates -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Appendix. Major Documents Related to Manifest Destiny -- Louisiana Purchase Treaty: April 30, 1803.
ISBN
  • 9781851098330 (hard copy : alk. paper)
  • 185109833X (hard copy : alk. paper)
  • 9781851098347 (ebook)
  • 1851098348 (ebook)
LCCN
^^2006102133
OCLC
  • 77494475
  • SCSB-12769204
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library