Issues of Westward Expansion

by Mitchel Roth

Book Overview

Are Americans entitled to a Manifest Destiny? This book explores 13 key issues of Western expansion from the early 1800s through the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Expert commentary and 73 primary documents represent a variety of views on each issue. Documents include presidential letters and speeches, first-person accounts and letters, newspaper and magazine opinion pieces, court decisions, and congressional debates. Voices range from those of presidents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313311676
• ISBN13: 9780313311673
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"