TY - BOOK AU - Van Atta,John Robert ED - Project Muse. TI - Securing the West: politics, public lands, and the fate of the old republic, 1785-1850 T2 - Reconfiguring American political history SN - 9781421412764 AV - E179.5 .V33 2014 U1 - 978/.02 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Baltimore PB - The Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Manifest Destiny KW - Indians of North America KW - Government relations KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Slavery KW - United States KW - Extension to the territories KW - Public lands KW - Federal government KW - West (U.S.) KW - To 1848 KW - Territorial expansion KW - Government policy KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421412764/ ER -