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Title “They could there write the fates of nations": The Ideology of George Bancroft’s History of the United States during the Age of Jackson
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Author Saulnier, Eric Scott
Publication Date 2016
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“They could there write the fates of nations":
The Ideology of George Bancroft’s History of the United States during the Age of Jackson
A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of
Philosophy in History
By
Eric Scott Saulnier
2016 © Copyright by
Eric Scott Saulnier
2016 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION
“They could there write the fates of nations":
The Ideology of George Bancroft’s History of
the United States during the Age of Jackson
by
Eric Scott Saulnier
Doctor of Philosophy in History
University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
Professor Stephen A. Aron, Co-Chair
Professor Joan Waugh, Co-Chair
Abstract:
During the 1820s, 30s, and 40s, national politics operated under the influence of
Andrew Jackson’s political rise and enduring influence. The Jacksonian Era saw dramatic changes occur in the United States. Most importantly, the United States’s national borders expanded to reach the Pacific Coast of North America, encompassing an area that Mexico, Great Britain, Russia, and numerous Native American groups