Table of Contents: Manifest manhood and the Antebellum American empire /

This book documents the potency of Manifest destiny in the antebellum era.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Greenberg, Amy S., 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects and Genres:	Filibusters. Men > United States > History > 19th century. Masculinity > United States > History > 19th century. United States > Territorial expansion. United States. United States > History > 1849-1877. United States > Colonial question.
Online Access:	Table of contents
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Table of Contents:

1.
The "new frontier" as safety value : the political and social context of Manifest Destiny, 1800-1860
2.
An American Central America : boosters, travelers, and the persistence of Manifest Destiny
3.
American men abroad : sex and violence in the Latin American travelogue
4.
William Walker and the regeneration of martial manhood
5.
The irresistible pirate : Narciso Lopez and the public meeting
6.
American women abroad
7.
Manifest Destiny and manly missionaries : expansionism in the Pacific
Conclusion : American manhood and war, 1860 to the present.