The Jackson Era (cont.). John O'Sullivan, "The Great Nation of Futurity" (1839)

12 Novembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Labor politics, industrial growth, financial crisis of 1837.

New religions (Joseph Smith).
The Trail of Tears and James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (preface).
The notion of "Manifest Destiny": 
Oral presentation on John O'Sullivan's "The Great Nation of Futuriy" (1836).