Seizing destiny: how America grew from sea to shining sea
From Pulitzer-winning social historian Kluger comes a reinterpretation of American history, a sweeping chronicle of how Americans extended their sovereignty from the Atlantic coastline to the mid-Pacific in the first 125 years of their national existence. The story reveals great accomplishments alon...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From Pulitzer-winning social historian Kluger comes a reinterpretation of American history, a sweeping chronicle of how Americans extended their sovereignty from the Atlantic coastline to the mid-Pacific in the first 125 years of their national existence. The story reveals great accomplishments along with the American tendency to confuse success with heaven-sent entitlement. The nation's pioneer generations were blessed with remarkable energy, fortitude, and boundless faith in their own prowess. They were also grasping opportunists who justified their often brutal aggression by demeaning the humanity of nonwhites. These visionary nation-builders proclaimed earnestly, if not innocently, their own rectitude to be the force behind the heroic "taming" of the wilderness and saw in this triumph the hand of Providence. Their good fortune was thus transformed into a mission of entitlement--their "manifest destiny," as they began calling it well after the process was under way.--From publisher description. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-624) and index |
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| adam_text | SEIZING DESTINY / KLUGER, RICHARD : 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS /
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS AN EMPTY SACK CANNOT STAND UPRIGHT (1500-1750) THE
POOR RICHARDS ARISE (1750-1776) THINKING LARGE (1776-1782) THE KINGS
OUTFOXED (1782-1783) OWNING THE WILDERNESS (1783-1800) FOR A NICE LITTLE
KINGDOM IN TUSCANY (1800-1803) EVERYTHING HE DOES IS RAPID AS LIGHTNING
(1803) FROM MOTIVES OF PUREST PATRIOTISM (1803-1823) BIG DRUNK WINS THE
DAY (1821-1836) POLKING JOHN BULL IN THE EYE (1836-1847) THE LOST VIRTUE
OF THEIR BETTER DAYS (1846-1850) A WOLF COULDN T MAKE A LIVING ON IT
(1850-1854) THE GREAT WHITE ELEPHANT SALE (1854-1867) TREACHERY IN THE
TROPICS (1869-1902) THE SO-CALLED MANDATE OF MANKIND (1903-1999).
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning social historian
Richard
Kluger,
Seizing Destiny is a sweeping chronicle
of how the vast territory of the United States was assem¬
bled to accommodate the aspirations of its people
—
regardless
of who objected. It is a remarkable story of how Americans
extended their sovereignty from the Atlantic coastline to the
mid-Pacific in the first
125
years of their national existence.
America s surge to dominion was equally admirable and
appalling. The nation s pioneer generations were, to be sure,
blessed with remarkable energy, fortitude, and boundless faith in
their own prowess. They were also grasping opportunists, raven¬
ous in their hunger to possess the earth, who justified their often
brutal aggression by demeaning the humanity of nonwhites.
These visionary nation-builders proclaimed earnestly, if not
innocently, their own rectitude to be the force behind the heroic
taming of the wilderness and saw in this triumph the hand of
Providence. Their good fortune was thus transformed into a mis¬
sion of continental entitlement
—
their manifest destiny, as
they began calling it well after the process was under way. Yet
declaring it did not make it so. As we see, luck and their foes
weaknesses played no less a role.
In a compelling drama, vivid with historical detail, we watch
three of the most brilliant Founding Fathers
—
Benjamin Frank¬
lin, John Jay, and John Adams
—
outfox British, French, and
Spanish diplomats to win more than ample boundaries for their
new republic. Finesse, however, had little to do with General
Andrew Jackson s Indian-slaughtering and disdain for the Span¬
ish garrison in capturing Florida. Or with Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams s bluff and bluster in gaining for the nation
a northwest passage to the Pacific. Or with how the single-
minded James Polk, devious and manipulative, confected a war
with Mexico and thereby amassed more land than any other
U.S. President.
We learn why the nation s most famous acquisition, France s
Louisiana Territory, had little to do with Thomas Jefferson s
foresight and everything to do with Napoleon s failure to subdue
black freedom fighters in the jungles of Haiti. Sam Houston
tried vainly to prevent the predictably suicidal defense of the
Alamo before he could rally rowdy
Texans
to win their inde¬
pendence. William Seward,
injust
one week, overcame political
disrepute and convinced a hostile Senate to approve his secret
deal with Russia to buy seemingly useless Alaska. And Teddy
Roosevelt connived with the Panamanians to win land for the
canal that so enhanced America s economic dominance.
Comprehensive and balanced, Seizing Destiny is a stunning
reinterpretation of American history, revealing great accom¬
plishments along with the American tendency to confuse suc¬
cess with heaven-sent entitlement.
Richard Kluger s books include Simple Justice, the
classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court s
1954
land¬
mark decision ending racial segregation of the nation s
public schools, and The Paper: The Life and Death of the New
York Herald Tribune, both finalists for the National Book
Award. His critical history of the tobacco industry. Ashes to
Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in
1997.
He
is also the author or coauthor of eight novels. He lives with his
wife, Phyllis, in Berkeley, California.
|
| adam_txt |
SEIZING DESTINY / KLUGER, RICHARD : 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS /
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS AN EMPTY SACK CANNOT STAND UPRIGHT (1500-1750) THE
POOR RICHARDS ARISE (1750-1776) THINKING LARGE (1776-1782) THE KINGS
OUTFOXED (1782-1783) OWNING THE WILDERNESS (1783-1800) FOR A NICE LITTLE
KINGDOM IN TUSCANY (1800-1803) EVERYTHING HE DOES IS RAPID AS LIGHTNING
(1803) FROM MOTIVES OF PUREST PATRIOTISM (1803-1823) BIG DRUNK WINS THE
DAY (1821-1836) POLKING JOHN BULL IN THE EYE (1836-1847) THE LOST VIRTUE
OF THEIR BETTER DAYS (1846-1850) A WOLF COULDN'T MAKE A LIVING ON IT
(1850-1854) THE GREAT WHITE ELEPHANT SALE (1854-1867) TREACHERY IN THE
TROPICS (1869-1902) THE SO-CALLED MANDATE OF MANKIND (1903-1999).
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning social historian
Richard
Kluger,
Seizing Destiny is a sweeping chronicle
of how the vast territory of the United States was assem¬
bled to accommodate the aspirations of its people
—
regardless
of who objected. It is a remarkable story of how Americans
extended their sovereignty from the Atlantic coastline to the
mid-Pacific in the first
125
years of their national existence.
America's surge to dominion was equally admirable and
appalling. The nation's pioneer generations were, to be sure,
blessed with remarkable energy, fortitude, and boundless faith in
their own prowess. They were also grasping opportunists, raven¬
ous in their hunger to possess the earth, who justified their often
brutal aggression by demeaning the humanity of nonwhites.
These visionary nation-builders proclaimed earnestly, if not
innocently, their own rectitude to be the force behind the heroic
"taming" of the wilderness and saw in this triumph the hand of
Providence. Their good fortune was thus transformed into a mis¬
sion of continental entitlement
—
their "manifest destiny," as
they began calling it well after the process was under way. Yet
declaring it did not make it so. As we see, luck and their foes'
weaknesses played no less a role.
In a compelling drama, vivid with historical detail, we watch
three of the most brilliant Founding Fathers
—
Benjamin Frank¬
lin, John Jay, and John Adams
—
outfox British, French, and
Spanish diplomats to win more than ample boundaries for their
new republic. Finesse, however, had little to do with General
Andrew Jackson's Indian-slaughtering and disdain for the Span¬
ish garrison in capturing Florida. Or with Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams's bluff and bluster in gaining for the nation
a northwest passage to the Pacific. Or with how the single-
minded James Polk, devious and manipulative, confected a war
with Mexico and thereby amassed more land than any other
U.S. President.
We learn why the nation's most famous acquisition, France's
Louisiana Territory, had little to do with Thomas Jefferson's
foresight and everything to do with Napoleon's failure to subdue
black freedom fighters in the jungles of Haiti. Sam Houston
tried vainly to prevent the predictably suicidal defense of the
Alamo before he could rally rowdy
Texans
to win their inde¬
pendence. William Seward,
injust
one week, overcame political
disrepute and convinced a hostile Senate to approve his secret
deal with Russia to buy seemingly useless Alaska. And Teddy
Roosevelt connived with the Panamanians to win land for the
canal that so enhanced America's economic dominance.
Comprehensive and balanced, Seizing Destiny is a stunning
reinterpretation of American history, revealing great accom¬
plishments along with the American tendency to confuse suc¬
cess with heaven-sent entitlement.
Richard Kluger's books include Simple Justice, the
classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court's
1954
land¬
mark decision ending racial segregation of the nation's
public schools, and The Paper: The Life and Death of the New
York Herald Tribune, both finalists for the National Book
Award. His critical history of the tobacco industry. Ashes to
Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in
1997.
He
is also the author or coauthor of eight novels. He lives with his
wife, Phyllis, in Berkeley, California. |
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| title_auth | Seizing destiny how America grew from sea to shining sea |
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| title_full | Seizing destiny how America grew from sea to shining sea Richard Kluger |
| title_fullStr | Seizing destiny how America grew from sea to shining sea Richard Kluger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seizing destiny how America grew from sea to shining sea Richard Kluger |
| title_short | Seizing destiny |
| title_sort | seizing destiny how america grew from sea to shining sea |
| title_sub | how America grew from sea to shining sea |
| topic | Außenpolitik Geschichte Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Expansionspolitik (DE-588)4015995-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Außenpolitik Geschichte Expansionspolitik USA United States Territorial expansion United States History United States Foreign relations |
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