{"product_id":"9780817388492","title":"Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis compelling narrative demonstrates the passionate interest the\u003cbr\u003e Jeffersonian presidents had in wresting land from less powerful foes and\u003cbr\u003e expanding Jefferson's \"empire of liberty.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans\u003cbr\u003e eager to move away from the crowded eastern seaboard and into new areas\u003cbr\u003e where their goals of landownership might be realized. Such movement was\u003cbr\u003e encouraged by Presidents Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe- collectively known\u003cbr\u003e as the Jeffersonians- who believed that the country's destiny was to have\u003cbr\u003e total control over the entire North American continent. Migration patterns\u003cbr\u003e during this time changed the country considerably and included the roots\u003cbr\u003e of the slavery controversy that ultimately led to the Civil War. By the\u003cbr\u003e end of the period, although expansionists had not succeeded in moving into\u003cbr\u003e British Canada, they had obtained command of large areas from the Spanish\u003cbr\u003e South and Southwest, including acreage previously controlled by Native\u003cbr\u003e Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilizing memoirs, diaries, biographies, newspapers, and vast amounts\u003cbr\u003e of both foreign and domestic correspondence, Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.,\u003cbr\u003e and Gene A. Smith reveal an insider's view of the filibusters and\u003cbr\u003e expansionists, the colorful- if not sometimes nefarious- characters on\u003cbr\u003e the front line of the United States's land grab. Owsley and Smith describe\u003cbr\u003e in detail the actions and characters involving both the successful and\u003cbr\u003e the unsuccessful efforts to expand the United States during this period-\u003cbr\u003e as well as the outspoken opposition to expansion, found primarily among\u003cbr\u003e the Federalists in the Northeast.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069531275504,"sku":"9780817388492","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817388492_p0.jpg?v=1763749099","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817388492","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}