The Age of the Borderlands: Talk by Andrew C. Isenberg

offers a new history of manifest destiny that breaks from triumphalist narratives of US territorial expansion. Isenberg takes readers to the contested borders of Spanish Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, California, Texas, and Minnesota at critical moments in the early to mid-nineteenth century, demonstrating that the architects of American expansion faced significant challenges from the diverse groups of people inhabiting each region.

Join us at the Watkins as Dr. Isenberg, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas, discusses his book, an engaging and stunning corrective to the “inevitability” of manifest destiny.

This talk will be held in-person and also livestreamed on the Watkins Museum and . This event is part of the .

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