When John O'Sullivan wrote in 1845, "...the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us

Before this book first appeared in 1963, most historians wrote as if the continental expansion of the United States were inevitable. "What is most impressive,"

As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was

From Colonial times through the 19th century, European Americans advanced toward the west. This book explains the origins of territorial expansion and traces th

American myths about national character tend to overshadow the historical realities. Mr. Horsman's book is the first study to examine the origins of racialism i