What Hath God Wrought The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

Name: What Hath God Wrought The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
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ISBN: 9780195392432

ISBN-10: 0195392434

ISBN-13: 9780195392432

Edition: 2009

Authors: Daniel Walker Howe

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The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe's panoramic narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information.…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 928
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English



Maps


Editor's Introduction


Abbreviations Used in Citations


Introduction


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


Bibliographical Essay


Index