Securing the West : Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785-1850.
Van Atta, John R.
Securing the West : Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785-1850. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (311 pages) - Reconfiguring American Political History Series . - Reconfiguring American Political History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: "A Great Country, Populous and Mighty" -- 1 "Republican Notions-and Utopian Schemes" -- 2 An Embryo of Empire -- 3 Rise of the Radical West -- 4 "A World within Itself " -- 5 Foot's Resolution and the "Great Debate" -- 6 Whose West?-Alternative Visions -- 7 "A Lawless Rabble" -- Epilogue: The West Secured? -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic--particularly in Jacksonian America.
9781421412764
Federal government-United States-History-19th century.
Public lands-United States-History-19th century.
Slavery-United States-Extension to the territories.
United States-Territorial expansion-History-19th century.
United States-Territorial expansion-Government policy.
Electronic books.
E179.5 .V33 2014
978/.02
Securing the West : Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785-1850. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (311 pages) - Reconfiguring American Political History Series . - Reconfiguring American Political History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: "A Great Country, Populous and Mighty" -- 1 "Republican Notions-and Utopian Schemes" -- 2 An Embryo of Empire -- 3 Rise of the Radical West -- 4 "A World within Itself " -- 5 Foot's Resolution and the "Great Debate" -- 6 Whose West?-Alternative Visions -- 7 "A Lawless Rabble" -- Epilogue: The West Secured? -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic--particularly in Jacksonian America.
9781421412764
Federal government-United States-History-19th century.
Public lands-United States-History-19th century.
Slavery-United States-Extension to the territories.
United States-Territorial expansion-History-19th century.
United States-Territorial expansion-Government policy.
Electronic books.
E179.5 .V33 2014
978/.02