Prologue to manifest destiny : Anglo-American relations in the 1840s / Howard Jones, Donald A. Rakestraw.
Material type: TextPublication details: Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 1997.Description: xvi, 342 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 0842024883 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780842024884 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0842024980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780842024983 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- E183.8.G7 J64 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index.
Ch. 1. The "Spirit of '76" and the Search for National Honor: The Northeastern Boundary Dispute -- Ch. 2. Freedom Awakened: "Remember the Caroline!" -- Ch. 3. Mother Country at Bay: The Strange Case of Alexander McLeod -- Ch. 4. Honor at Sea or Slavery at Home? The African Slave Trade, Right of Search, and the Creole Mutiny -- Ch. 5. Machiavellian Prelude to Negotiations: Toward the National Interest -- Ch. 6. Epilogue to the American Revolution: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty and National Honor -- Ch. 7. A New and Even More Troublesome Boundary Dispute: Northwest to Oregon -- Ch. 8. Rising Temperature: Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever -- Ch. 9. Only at the Cannon's Mouth: Young Hickory Takes Charge -- Ch. 10. From Crisis to Compromise: The Oregon Treaty.