The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790-1850

by Andrew C. Isenberg

In The Age of the Borderlands, acclaimed historian Andrew C. Isenberg offers a new history of manifest destiny that breaks from triumphalist narratives of US territorial expansion. Isenberg takes readers to the contested borders of Spanish Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, California, Texas, and Minnesota at critical moments in the early to mid-nineteenth century, demonstrating that the architects of American expansion faced significant challenges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469685051
• ISBN13: 9781469685052
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages