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Habits of empire : a history of American expansion

Title
Habits of empire : a history of American expansion / Walter Nugent.
Author
Nugent, Walter T. K.
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
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xvii, 387 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index.
Contents
Transappalachia, 1782 : first land, first good fortune -- Louisiana, 1803 : second good luck -- Canada, 1812-1814 : failed aggression northward -- Florida, 1810-1819 : southward aggression I -- Texas, 1811-1845 : overpopulating and conquering -- Oregon, 1818-1846 : fixing the Canadian border -- California and New Mexico, 1846-1848 : southward aggression II -- Populating the empire -- To Alaska and across the Pacific -- Around the Caribbean -- Postscript: The global empire.
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IC 08-5606
ISBN
  • 9781400042920
  • 1400042925
LCCN
2007052251
OCLC
  • 176951863
  • vendorOCN176951863
Author
Nugent, Walter T. K.
Title
Habits of empire : a history of American expansion / Walter Nugent.
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index.
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