A country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent
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New York : Simon & Schuster, [2009].
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Book
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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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9780743297431 :, 0743297431 :
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Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent. b&w photographs.
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x, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-550) and index.
Description
Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent. b&w photographs.
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Merry, R. W. (2009). A country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Merry, Robert W., 1946-. 2009. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent. New York, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Merry, Robert W., 1946-, A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Merry, Robert W. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction: Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president -- a|t Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé -- |t Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist -- |t The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery -- |t Texas: dawn of a new era -- |t Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?" -- |t Victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership -- |t Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions -- |t Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics -- |t United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay" -- |t United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war -- |t Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war -- |t Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda -- |t End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other -- |t War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism" -- |t Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now" -- |t Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government" -- |t Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate -- |t War in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory -- |t New face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle" -- |t Politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason -- |t Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership -- |t Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance -- |t Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament -- |t Mexico City: the pivot of personality -- |t Specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?" -- |t Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate -- |t Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union -- |t Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the... emptiness of worldly honors" -- |t Epilogue: Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment. |
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