Habits of empire : a history of American expansion
Title:
Habits of empire : a history of American expansion
Author:
ISBN:
9781400042920
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Physical Description:
xvii, 387 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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.