Jay Sexton: 3 books
A Nation Forged by Crisis
A New American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A concise new history of the United States revealing that crises--not unlike those of the present day--have determined our nation's course from the start
In A Nation Forged by Crisis, historian Jay Sexton contends that our national narrative is not one of halting yet inevitable progress, but...
The Monroe Doctrine
Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A Concise History of the (In)Famous Doctrine that Gave Rise to the American Empire
President James Monroe's 1823 message to Congress declaring opposition to European colonization in the Western Hemisphere became the cornerstone of nineteenth-century American statecraft. Monroe's message proclaimed...
Connections after Colonialism
Europe and Latin America in the 1820s
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Contributing to the historiography of transnational and global transmission of ideas, Connections after Colonialism examines relations between Europe and Latin America during the tumultuous 1820s.
In the Atlantic World, the 1820s was a decade marked by the rupture of colonial relations,...