American Republics: A Continental History Of The United States 1783-1850 Alan Taylor Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

In This Beautifully Written History Of America’s Formative Period An Eminent Historian Upends The Traditional Story A Young Nation Marching To Its Continent-Spanning Destiny Newly Constituted United States Actually Emerged As Internally Fragile Union That Clashed Over Tenuous Balance Regional Power European Empires And New Republic Mexico Sought Contain By Allying With Native Peoples Who Defended Their Homelands Bitter Political Divisions Pitted Those Favouring Strong Government Elite Rule Against Like Andrew Jackson Espousing Democratic Populism For White Men Flood Settlers Pouring Into West Invaded Canada Florida Texas Much It Forcibly Removed Most Living East Mississippi After Mexican War Conquered Territory Reaching Pacific Sectional Slavery Produced Crisis Σελίδες: 544 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0704 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm