Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire

by Thomas R. Hietala

Book Overview

Praise for the earlier edition--

"A fascinating, thought-provoking book.... Hietala shows that it was not destiny but design and aggression that enabled the United States to control Texas, New Mexico, and California."--Historian"Hietala has examined an impressive array of primary and secondary materials.... His handling of the relationship between the domestic and foreign policies of the decade shatters some myths about America's so-called...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148846X
• ISBN13: 9780801488467
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher