Explores the events leading to the Louisiana Purchase, discussing significant individuals, the Treaty of Paris, the Jay Treaty of 1794, how the U.S. financed the deal, and other related topics.
Examines America's westward expansion, describing the forcible subjugation of Native American tribes, including the fierce battles against the Navajo which ended with a brutal siege at Canyon de Chelly and the "Long Walk" migration.
an interpretation of American expansion, 1860-1898
LaFeber, Walter
1998
A study of American foreign policy during the last half of the nineteenth century, examining the economic forces which resulted in commercial and landed expansion, and discussing the link between that era and the maturation of the United States into a world power.
