Six scholars consider important aspects of American antebellum
expansion in this collection of studies newly available in
paperback.Robert W. Johannsen of the University of Illinois at
Urbana offers fresh insight into the meaning of the term ""manifest
destiny,"" arguing for a broader definition.John M. Belohlavek of
the University of South Florida takes a close look at the
expansionist attitudes of Caleb Cushing, a Massachusetts
politician, diplomat, reformer, and intellectual.Thomas R. Hietala
of Grinnell College examines the complicated clash of cultures (the
result of Manifest Destiny) and how it was viewed by observant
individuals such as George Catlin, a painter who traveled and lived
among Native Americans just prior to the expansionist surge of the
1840s.Winner of the Webb essay competition for 1996, Samuel J.
Watson of Rice University studies U.S. Army officers' responses to
territorial expansionism between 1815 and 1846. Sam W. Haynes
uncovers the social and political complexities, including a
widespread fear of Great Britain, that made Texas' annexation the
most divisive issue of its day. Finally, Robert E. May of Purdue
University offers a compelling examination of American
filibustering during the Manifest Destiny era.
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