Manifest destiny imagery circulated through commercial tourist guidebooks

Evidence

Martha A. Sandweiss, “John Gast, American Progress, 1872,” Picturing United States History: https://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/john-gast-american-progress-1872/ 6. George Crofutt, Crofutt’s Trans-Continental Tourist, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Forts and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers; Sulphur Soda, and Hot Springs; Scenery, Watering Places, Summer Resorts (New York: Geo. A. Crofutt, 1874), 1. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 838

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Grounds the manifest-destiny/manifest-dismantling contrast in the actual sources Odell cites — useful for the reader’s defense of that core concept.