Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion

by Paul Frymer

Book Overview

How American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nation

Westward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the forty-eight contiguous states was hardly a foregone conclusion, and the federal government played a critical role in its success. This book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166056
• ISBN13: 9780691166056
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"