Bibliograph

What hath God wrought, the transformation of America, 1815-1848, Daniel Walker Howe

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What hath God wrought, the transformation of America, 1815-1848, Daniel Walker Howe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What hath God wrought

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

523275122701433

Responsibility statement

Daniel Walker Howe

Series statement

Oxford history of the United StatesThe Oxford history of the United States

Sub title

the transformation of America, 1815-1848

Table Of 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 revolution of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future

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