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Any book recommendations for the period from the adoption of the constitution, to the beginning of the civil war? Is there a good general history of that era?
Thanks in advance.
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Constitution and its ratification"Contested Conventions" by Yazawa
"Liberty, order and Justice" McCellan
Mexican American War and Westward Expansion"A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion" by Amy S Greenburg
"A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and its War with the United States" By Henderson
"So far from God" Eisenhower
"Manifest Destinies" By Woodworth
"Personal Memoirs of US Grant" by Grant
"Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion" Greenburg
"Blood and Thunder" (Kit Carson) by Sides
Slavery Issue"Defending Slavery: Pro Slavery thought in the Old South" Finkleman
"Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings" Cooper
In my opinion the Mexican-American War is an often overlooked, but very important event between ratification and the Civil War. Understanding it, and the issues of westward expansion, is paramount.