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The South possessed an extensive history of looking outward, specifically southward, to solve internal tensions over slavery and economic competition in the 182

When John O'Sullivan wrote in 1845, "...the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us

This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America's notorious "filibusters--the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed in

American myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Mr. Horsman's book is the first study to examine the origins of racialism i

Before this book first appeared in 1963, most historians wrote as if the continental expansion of the United States were inevitable. "What is most impressive,"