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29%OFFPaul Frymer - Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion - 9780691166056 - V9780691166056
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Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion

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Description for Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 halftones. 5 line illus. 19 maps. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
How American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nation Westward expansion of the United States is most conventionally remembered for rugged individualism, geographic isolationism, and a fair amount of luck. Yet the establishment of the forty-eight contiguous states was hardly a foregone conclusion, and the federal government played a critical role in its success. This book examines the politics of American expansion, showing how the government's regulation of population movements on the frontier, both settlement and removal, advanced national aspirations for empire and promoted the formation of a white settler nation. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691166056
SKU
V9780691166056
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About Paul Frymer
Paul Frymer is professor of politics and director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America and Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party (both Princeton).

Reviews for Building an American Empire: The Era of Territorial and Political Expansion
Frymer has crafted an intellectually ambitious, important book that addresses one of the most significant questions in American history: how did a tiny coastal federation with a weak state effectively settle a rich and contested-not to mention already occupied-land mass? -Brian Balogh, author of A Government Out of Sight: The Mystery of National Authority in Nineteenth-Century America Building an ... Read more

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