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Tables of Contents for The Shaping of America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
x
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xvii
PART ONE EXTENSION: THE CREATION OF A CONTINENTAL EMPIRE
Prologue
3
1
Doubling the National Territory: Louisiana
4
19
Pressures on the Borders: Southward
23
18
Pressures on the Borders: Northward
41
17
The Reach Westward: To circa 1830
58
20
Shoving the Indians Out of the Way
78
25
Assertion and Division: Oregon and the Northern Boundary
103
25
Annexation and Conquest: Texas and the Hispanic Borderlands
128
30
Spanning a Continent---and Ocean
158
12
Empire: The Geopolitical Management of Captive Peoples
170
27
Continentalism: Objectives, Modes, Visions
197
25
PART TWO EXPANSION: THE GROWTH OF A CONTINENTAL NATION
Prologue
221
1
Filling in the Framework: Migration Westward
222
14
Occupying New Ground: Colonization, American Style
236
28
Planting New Societies: New England Extended
264
9
Planting New Societies: Virginia Extended
273
6
Planting New Societies: Midlands Extended
279
6
Planting New Societies: The Cotton Belt and South Carolina Extended
285
11
Color in the Plantings: The Afro-American Presence
296
15
Making New Pathways: Waterways, Roads, and Rails
311
23
Tying the Parts Together: National Programs
334
18
Creating New Centers: Cities and Systems of Cities
352
22
Harnessing New Forces: Industries and Industrial Regions
374
25
Cementing the Parts Together: An American Nation
399
19
Morphology: The Shape of the United States, 1850s
418
14
PART THREE TENSION: THE SUNDERING OF A FEDERATION
Prologue
431
1
The Shaping of New States
432
15
Expanding the Federation
447
14
The Idea of Separation
461
14
Disintegration
475
14
Geopolitical Alternatives
489
13
Conquest and Emancipation
502
14
Empire, Nation, Federation: Geopolitical Contentions
516
16
PART FOUR CONTEXT: THE UNITED STATES IN NORTH AMERICA CIRCA 1867
Prologue
531
1
Continental America
532
1
The Northern Borderlands
533
13
Hispanic Borderlands
546
4
The Afro-American Archipelago
550
5
A Wider Presence
555
4
Sources of Quotations
559
20
Bibliography
579
28
Index
607