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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements PART ONE Extension: The Creation of a Continental Empire Prologue 1 Doubling the National Territory: Louisiana 2 Pressures on the Borders: Southward 3 Pressures on the Borders: Northward 4 The Reach Westward: To circa 1830 5 Shoving the Indians Out of the Way 6 Assertion and Division: Oregon and the Northern Boundary 7 Annexation and Conquest: Texas and the Hispanic Borderlands 8 Spanning a Continent 9 Empire: The Geopolitical Management of Captive Peoples 10 Continentalism: Objectives, Modes, Visions PART TWO Expansion: The Growth of a Continental Nation Prologue I Filling in the Framework: Migration Westward 2 Occupying New Ground: Colonization, American Style 3 Planting New Societies: New England Extended 4 Planting New Societies: Virginia Extended 5 Planing New Societies: Midlands Extended 6 Planting New Societies: The Cotton Belt and South Carolina 7 Colour in the Plantings: The Afro-American Presence 8 Making New Pathways: Waterways, Roads, Rails 9 Tying the Parts Together 10 Creating New Centers: Cities and Systems of Cities 11 Harnessing New Forces: Industries and Industrial Regions 12 Cementing the Parts Together: An American Nation 13 Morphology: The Shape of the United States, 1850s PART THREE Tension: The Sundering of a Federation Prologue 1 The Shaping of New States 2 Expanding the Federation 3 The Idea of Separation 4 Disintegration 5 Geopolitical Alternatives 6 Conquest and Emancipation 7 Empire, Nation, Federation: Geopolitical Contentions PART FOUR Context. The United States in North America, circa 1867 Prologue 1 Continental America 2 The Northern Borderlands 3 Hispanic Borderlands 4 the Afro-American Archipelago 5 A Wider Presence Sources of Quotations Bibliography Index.