Securing the West : politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785-1850

Securing the West : politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785-1850 / John R. Van Atta.

Few issues defined the period between American independence and the Mexican War more sharply than westward settlement and the role of the federal government in that expansion. In Securing the West, John R. Van Atta examines the visions of the founding generation and the increasing influence of ideol...

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Main Author: Van Atta, John Robert (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Reconfiguring American political history.
Subjects:
To 1899
Federal government > United States > History > 19th century.
Public lands > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories.
Indians of North America > Government relations > History > 19th century.
Manifest Destiny.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Federal government
Indians of North America > Government relations
Manifest Destiny
Public lands
Slavery > Extension to the territories
Territorial expansion
Expansion
Grundeigentum
Politik
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion > Government policy.
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
United States
West United States
USA
History
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