Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire / Edition 2

by Thomas R. Hietala

Overview

Praise for the earlier edition—

"A fascinating, thought-provoking book.... [Hietala] shows that it was not destiny but design and aggression that enabled the United States to control Texas, New Mexico, and California."—Historian

"[Hietala] has examined an impressive array of primary and secondary materials.... [H]is handling of the relationship between the domestic and foreign policies of the [decade] shatters some myths about America's so-called manifest destiny and deserves the attention of all scholars and serious students of the period."—Western Historical Quarterly

Since 1845, the phrase "manifest destiny" has offered a simple and appealing explanation of the dramatic expansionism of the United States. In this incisive book, Thomas R. Hietala reassesses the complex factors behind American policymaking during the late Jacksonian era. Hietala argues that the quest for territorial and commercial gains was based more on a desire for increased national stability than on any response to demands by individual pioneers or threats from abroad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801488467
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	01/15/2003
Series:	Cornell Paperbacks
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	808,804
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thomas R. Hietala is Professor of History at Grinnell College.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Magnificent Distances, Magnificent IntentionsCHAPTER 2: Texas, the Black Peril, and Alternatives to AbolitionismCHAPTER 3: Of Swords and Plowshares: Coercion through CommerceCHAPTER 4: Jefferson Redivivus: The Perils of ModernizationCHAPTER 5: Continentalism and the Color LineCHAPTER 6: American Exceptionalism, American EmpireCHAPTER 7 Divided They Fell: The Demise of Democratic ExpansionismCHAPTER 8 The Myths of Manifest DestinyA Note on Sources
Index