Books by Thomas Richards Jr.
“He’s looking at Americans who moved to places such as California, Oregon or Utah in the 1830s, when Texas had rebelled. For about 10 years, it was an independent republic, because the United States was not initially very eager to annex it. All these other Americans, in these other places, had serious discussions and took concrete steps towards emulating Texas and creating republics for themselves. They might all—particularly Utah—have broken off and become independent republics. To a lot of American politicians in the first part of the 19th century, that seemed totally understandable and normal to them.” Read more...
The best books on Manifest Destiny
Andrew Isenberg, Historian
Interviews where books by Thomas Richards Jr. 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.
