Westward extension, 1841-1850.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: United States -- History -- 1815-1861.; United States -- Territorial expansion.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Critical essay on authorities" (p. [333]-346)
Table of contents: title: 1. The Expansion Movement (1790-1841); title: 2. The Field for Expansion (1800-1841); title: 3. Election of 1840 (1839-1840); title: 4. The Quarrel between Tyler and the Whigs (1841-1842); title: 5. Adjustment of the Maine Boundary Controversy (1841-1842); title: 6. The Texan Question (1819-1841); title: 7. The Boundary of Texas (1748-1841); title: 8. Diplomatic Negotiations for the Annexation of Texas (1841-1844); title: 9. The Election of 1844 (1843-1844); title: 10. Annexation of Texas by Joint Resolution of Congress (1844-1846); title: 11. Adjustment of the Oregon Controversy (1827-1846); title: 12. Fiscal Reorganization and Tariff Readjustment (1841-1846); title: 13. The Rupture with Mexico (1843-1846); title: 14. The Slidell Mission (August, 1845-March, 1846); title: 15. Conquering a Peace (1846-1848); title: 16. The Wilmot Proviso (I846-I847); title: 17. The Election of 1848 (1847-1848); title: 18. Isthmian Diplomacy (1846-1850); title: 19. The Complex Slavery Issue (1847-1849); title: 20. The Compromise of 1850 (1849-1850); title: 21. Critical Essay on Authorities