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.
- The Oxford history of the United States .
- Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered) .
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 revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future.
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Social change---History---United States---19th century
United States----History----1815-1861 United States----Foreign relations United States---Politics and government---1815-1861 United States----Economic conditions