Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire - Softcover

Greenberg, Amy S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521600804 ISBN 13: 9780521600804

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The U.S.-Mexico War (1846-1848) brought two centuries of dramatic territorial expansionism to a close, and apparently fulfilled America's Manifest Destiny. Or did it? Even as politicians schemed to annex new lands in Latin America and the Pacific, other Americans aggressively pursued expansionism independently. In fact, an epidemic of unsanctioned attacks by private American mercenaries (known as filibusters) occurred between 1848 and 1860 throughout the Western Hemisphere. This book documents the potency of Manifest Destiny in the antebellum era, and analyzes imperial lust in the context of the social and economic transformations that were changing the definition of gender in the U.S. Amy S. Greenberg is Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is also the author of Cause for Alarm: The Volunteer Fire Department in the Nineteenth-Century City (Princeton, 1998). She has served on the governing boards of the Urban History Association, and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and on the editorial board of Journal of Urban History. She is the recipient of the Pennsylvania State University George Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as numerous fellowships.

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Book Description:

This history of American territorial expansionism in the middle decades of the 19th century provides a new analysis of the forces driving and justifying the annexation of foreign territories by the United States. This is the first history of "Manifest Destiny" that places it in the context of transformations in gender ideology and ideals of manhood and womanhood at home. As Americans debated the propriety of taking new lands by force of arms, they disclosed their concerns about changes in the economy, and about the way American men and women should behave.

About the Author:

Amy S. Greenberg is Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is also the author of Cause for Alarm: The Volunteer Fire Department in the Nineteenth-Century City (1998). She has served on the governing boards of the Urban History Association, and the Society for Historians of the Early America Republic, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Urban History. She is the recipient of the Pennsylvania State University George Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as numerous fellowships.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521600804
• ISBN 13: 9780521600804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344