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100 1 _aMerry, Robert W.,
_d1946-
245 1 2 _aA country of vast designs :
_bJames K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent /
_cRobert W. Merry.
246 3 0 _aJames K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent
250 _a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c
300 _ax, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map, portraits ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 479-550) and index.
505 0 _a
520 _aMerry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent.
600 1 0 _aPolk, James K.
_q(James Knox),
_d1795-1849.
600 1 7 _aPolk, James K.
_q(James Knox),
_d1795-1849.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00063709
600 1 4 _aPolk, James K.
_q(James Knox),
_d1795-1849.
600 1 4 _aPolk, James Knox,
_d1795-1849.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1845-1849.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 7 _aPolitics and government.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01919741
650 7 _aPresidents.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01075723
650 7 _aTerritorial expansion.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01355135
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 1 7 _aTerritoriale conflicten.
_2gtt
650 1 7 _aExpansie (macht)
_2gtt
650 1 7 _aStaatsvorming.
_2gtt
651 7 _aVerenigde Staten.
_2gtt
651 7 _aMexico.
_2gtt
651 4 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1845-1849.
651 4 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion
_xHistory
_y19th century.
648 7 _a1800 - 1899
_2fast
655 7 _aBiographies.
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655 7 _aBiography.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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655 7 _a
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-s.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-d.html
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