Overview
Organized by thematic chapters, American Eras Primary Sources: Westward Expansion (1800-1860) is a student-friendly reference that's patterned after Gale's award-winning American Decades: Primary Sources series. This volume covers full or excerpted primary sources representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements, and events of Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion of the United States. Also included with each primary source is concise contextual information, notes about the author, further resources, and full-color photos and illustrations.
Features & Benefits
- Chronology of world events outside the United States.
- Chronologies for each topic.
- General resources.
- PS type index.
- General index.