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The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History : Volume 2: Continental America, 1800-1867 (Shaping of America)
The Shaping of America A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History Volume 2 Continental America 18001867 - Shaping of America Author:D. W. Meinig In this third volume of his acclaimed series, D. W. Meinig offers a riveting account of the expanding country's development from mid-nineteenth century to the onset of World War I. Beginning with the struggle over where to build the Pacific railway, the book details the settlement of the American West, the nation's increasing consolidation, and ... more »America's imperialist efforts in the Caribbean and Pacific. Forty superb new maps accompany the account.« less