Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion

Author: Ray Allen Billington

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 918

ISBN-13: 9780023098604

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When it appeared in 1949, the first edition of Ray Allen Billington's 'Westward Expansion' set a new standard for scholarship in western American history, and the book's reputation among historians, scholars, and students grew through four subsequent editions. This abridgment and revision of Billington and Martin Ridge's fifth edition, with a new introduction and additional scholarship by Ridge, as well as an updated bibliography, focuses on the Trans-Mississippi frontier. Although the text sets out the remarkable story of the American frontier, which became, almost from the beginning, an archetypal narrative of the new American nation's successful expansion, the authors do not forget the social, environmental, and human cost of national expansion.

Bound Away
Bound Away

Author: David Hackett Fischer

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780813917740

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A study of the migration patterns that characterized the colony and (later) state of Virginia over the three century history following its European founding. Dividing the topic into three patterns--migration to, within, and from Virginia--Fischer (history, Brandeis U) and Kelly (Virginia Historical Society) study the reasons behind the migrations of various populations, paying special attention to African Americans, and explore the cultural legacy of the migrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny in American History
Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny in American History

Author: Richard Worth

Publisher: Enslow Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780766014572

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Discusses the concept of manifest destiny and examines the diplomatic deals and wars that brought new territories under American control and allowed the country to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny

Author: Shane Mountjoy

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1438119836

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As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. "Manifest destiny," a phrase first used in 1839 by journalist John O'Sullivan, embodied the belief that God had given the people of the United States a mission to spread a republican democracy across the continent. Advocates of manifest destiny were determined to carry out their mission and instigated several wars, including the war with Mexico to win much of what is now the southwestern United States. In Manifest Destiny: Westward Expansion, learn how this philosophy to spread out across the land shaped our nation.

Feast Or Famine
Feast Or Famine

Author: Reginald Horsman

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0826266363

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"Drawing on the journals and correspondence of pioneers, Horsman examines more than a hundred years of history, recording components of the diets of various groups, including travelers, settlers, fur traders, soldiers, and miners. He discusses food-preparation techniques, including the development of canning, and foods common in different regions"--Provided by publisher.

Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion

Author: Allison Lassieur

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1515743004

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"3 story paths, 47 choices, 19 endings"--Cover.