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Filibusters and expansionists : Jeffersonian manifest destiny, 1800-1821

Author: Frank Lawrence Owsley; Gene A Smith
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; James Monroe
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank Lawrence Owsley; Gene A Smith
ISBN: 0817308806 9780817308803 0817351175 9780817351175
OCLC Number: 35990411
Description: xi, 241 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: "A special kind of state making" : Jeffersonian manifest destiny --
"To conquer without war" : the philosophy of Jeffersonian expansion --
Followers of the green flag : revolution in the Texas borderlands --
The first Spanish-American War : patriot efforts to annex Florida --
"Pacified by paternal solitude" : Indian wars as an expansionist movement --
Leftover of war : Negro fort --
"A set of desperate and bloody dogs" : the acquisition of Amelia Island --
Destiny becomes manifest : Andrew Jackson invades Florida --
"Taking advantage of propitious circumstances" : the struggle for Texas --
A Jeffersonian leviathan : manifest destiny succeeds.
Responsibility: Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr. and Gene A. Smith.

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