territorial expansion

Studies how the westward expansion of the United States was facilitated by the use of the country's many waterways, describing the different types of boats pioneers used to make their journeys, and discussing some of the reasons people were determined to go west.

Traces the history of westward expansion in the United States discussing the evolution of the popular idea of an unlimited frontier and its influence on American thought.

Discusses how Americans settled the continent of North America and studies how the expansion affected Native Americans.

Discusses the historic encounters between Islam, the West, and the Jews. Provides a new understanding of the events that gave shape to modern times.

Provides an overview of the West from early trails blazed by explorers to human mass exoduses to the frontier by wagon train.

Eighteen essays examine political and cultural aspects of the settlement of the American frontier, discussing such topics as Manifest Destiny and war, the California Gold Rush, the transcontinental railroad, and the latter influence of America's frontier heritage. Also includes a collection of primary documents, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and a comprehensive introduction.

Chronicles the exploration and settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains during the late 1700s and early 1800s.