Selected Issues in Early to Mid 19th Century America
The essay discusses a series of questions raised about two of the socio-economic trends that came to dominate early to mid nineteenth century America: the advent of an unskilled industrial labour pool in the fledgling textile mill of New England and the hue and cry for an expansionist policy in regards to Mexican held territory in the continental United States called "Manifest Destiny that became a cornerstone of American ideology for the next fifty years.