Books by Eric R. Schlereth
“This is a fascinating book that may seem to be on a very narrow, even abstruse, topic, but which overturns one notion that we have about the first half of the 19th century, that everybody wanted to be an American.” Read more...
The best books on Manifest Destiny
Andrew Isenberg, Historian
Interviews where books by Eric R. Schlereth were recommended
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Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850
by Andrés Reséndez -
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Quitting the Nation: Emigrant Rights in North America
by Eric R. Schlereth -
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Breakaway Americas: The Unmanifest Future of the Jacksonian United States
by Thomas Richards Jr. -
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A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845–1872
by Daniel J. Burge -
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The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny: 1790-1850
by Andrew Isenberg
The best books on Manifest Destiny, recommended by Andrew Isenberg
The best books on Manifest Destiny, recommended by Andrew Isenberg
'Manifest Destiny' was an idea brought forward in the United States in the 1830s as a rationalisation for western expansion. But it was always contested, argues Andrew Isenberg, Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas, as he selects five history books that, together, offer insight into what the borderlands of the American West were really like.
