Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin

Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space

Mark Rifkin

280 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The book explores the creation and extension of U.S. jurisdiction in the antebellum period, particularly over Native Americans and former Mexicans. It examines how U.S. law recodes the identities and territoriality of these populations and the sel...

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