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What hath God wrought the transformation of America, 1815-1848
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What hath God wrought [electronic resource] : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / Daniel Walker Howe.
ISBN
9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195078942 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Series
The Oxford history of the United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index.
Contents
Prologue: The defeat of the past
The continental setting
From the jaws of defeat
An era of good and bad feelings
The world that cotton made
Awakenings of religion
Overthrowing the tyranny of distance
The improvers
Pursuing the millennium
Andrew Jackson and his age
Battles over sovereignty
Jacksonian democracy and the rule of law
Reason and revelation
Jackson's third term
The new economy
The Whigs and their age
American renaissance
Texas, Tyler, and the telegraph
Westward the star of empire
The war against Mexico
The revolutions of 1848
Finale: A vision of the future.
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