{"product_id":"manifest-destiny-and-the-expansion-of-america-9781851098330","title":"Manifest Destiny and the Expansion of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rodney P. Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this unique reference, leading historians describe not only how the expansion of the American nation in the early 19th century was a turning point in U.S. history that led to the Civil War, but also alternative scenarios--what happened and what \u003ci\u003ealmost\u003c\/i\u003e happened.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume poses \"what if\" questions about ten crucial \"tipping points\" in the history of U.S. expansionism between 1800 and the Civil War. It not only describes what happened--in the case of Lewis and Clark, the War of 1812, the Monroe Doctrine, railroads and telegraphs, the Mexican War, the gold rush, the Compromise of 1850--it also offers alternative scenarios, essays on what \u003ci\u003ecould\u003c\/i\u003e have happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exciting and imaginative approach to history, students not only develop analytical skills by tracing the causes and effects of crucial events; they are empowered by the knowledge that at moments when history hangs in the balance, many paths are possible, and that they, as citizens, can tip the scale.","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085072425111,"sku":"9781851098330","price":10201.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781851098330.webp?v=1767264907","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/manifest-destiny-and-the-expansion-of-america-9781851098330","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}