What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 /
Howe, Daniel Walker.
What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / Daniel Walker Howe. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Oxford history of the United States .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index.
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.
9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2007012370
Pulitzer Prize Winner - History--2008
Social change--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--1815-1861.
United States--Foreign relations--1815-1861.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
E338 / .H69 2007
973.5
What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / Daniel Walker Howe. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Oxford history of the United States .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index.
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.
9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2007012370
Pulitzer Prize Winner - History--2008
Social change--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--1815-1861.
United States--Foreign relations--1815-1861.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
E338 / .H69 2007
973.5