Securing the West: Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785–1850

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Securing the West Reconfiguring American Political History Ronald P. Formisano, Paul Bourke, Donald DeBats, and Paula M. Baker, Series Founders Other Books in the Series Michael Goldberg, An Army of Women: Gender and Politics in Gilded Age Kansas Mark Voss-Hubbard, Beyond Party: Cultures of Antipartisanship in Northern Politics before the Civil War Douglas B. Craig, Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920–1940 Kate Weigand, Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women’s Liberation R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson, The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929 Donald DeBats and Paul Bourke, Washington County: Politics and Community in Antebellum America Leigh Ann Wheeler, Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873–1935 Liette Gidlow, The Big Vote: Gender, Consumer Culture, and the Politics of Exclusion, 1890s–1920s Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity Robert E. Shalhope, Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys: The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760–1850 Dennis Deslippe, Protesting Affirmative Action: The Struggle over Equality after the Civil Rights Revolution Williamjames Hull Hoffer, To Enlarge the Machinery of Government: Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891 Securing the West Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785–1850 J O H N R . VA N AT TA Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2014 Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2014 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Van Atta, John Robert. Securing the West : politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785–1850 / John R. Van Atta. pages cm. — (Reconfiguring American political history) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-4214-1275-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) — isbn 978-1-4214-1276-4 (electronic) — isbn 1-4214-1275-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) — isbn 1-4214-1276-4 (electronic) 1. United States—Territorial expansion—History—19th century. 2. United States—Territorial expansion—Government policy. 3. Federal government—United States—History—19th century. 4. Public lands—United States—History—19th century. 5. Slavery—United States—Extension to the territories. 6. Indians of North America—Government relations—History—19th century. 7. Manifest Destiny. 8. West (U.S.)—History—To 1848. I. Title. e179.5.v33 2014 978⬘.02—dc23 2013025017 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. For the two Lucys, as always This page intentionally left blank ...