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

By: Series: Oxford history of the United StatesPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.5 22
LOC classification:
  • E338 .H69 2007
Online resources:
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.

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.

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