Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny Tapa dura - 1997

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Minor general wear. 1997 Hard Cover. xii, 396 pp. Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of the American Revolution bound Americans together until disputes over the extension of slavery into the territories led northerners and southerners to increasingly divergent understandings of the Revolution's legacy. Manifest Destiny promised the literal enlargement of freedom through the extension of American institutions all the way to the Pacific. At each step--from John Tyler's attempt to annex Texas in 1844, to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, to the opening shots of the Civil War--the issue of slavery had to be confronted. Morrison shows that the… Leer más

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Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 396pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket. From the dust jacket- "Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of the American Revolution bound Americans together until disputes over the extension of slavery into the territories led northerners and southerners to increasingly divergent understandings of the Revolution's legacy.

Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / First Printing. Octavo. xii + 396 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, 8 chapters, conclusion, notes, select bibliographjy, index. Inscribed on half-title page to "Sidney" (Sidney Fine) with an affectionate (approx 20 words) statement of respect, and signed "Mike" (the author). otherwise unmnarked, unworn, binding tight, pages clean, DJ unworn in mylar protector. 6.5" x 9.5" beige cloth boards, brown spine letters, in illustrated DJ (with mylar protector)..

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. 1" in number row. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET.

The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Chapel Hill, 1997. Octavo. Tan boards stamped in brown. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 396 pages. ISBN: 9780807823194. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!