Turning Points--Actual and Alternate Histories: Manifest Destiny and the Expansion of America

by Rodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson

In this unique reference, leading historians describe not only how the expansion of the American nation in the early 19th century was a turning point in U.S. history that led to the Civil War, but also alternative scenarios--what happened and what almost happened.

This volume poses "what if" questions about ten crucial "tipping points" in the history of U.S. expansionism between 1800 and the Civil War. It not only describes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185109833X
• ISBN13: 9781851098330
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.3"