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Book 2010

Manifest destinies

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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Published
2010
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Territorial expansion
  • Causes
  • History

A sweeping history of the 1840s that captures America's enormous sense of possibility and shows how the extraordinary expansion of territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep rift that would bring war just a decade later.