What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848
Daniel Walker Howe (Author)
The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in What Hath God Wrought, 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 comm
History
1 online resource (xviii, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
9780199726578, 9780199743797, 0199726574, 0199743797
646814186
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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