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What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848

As part of the Oxford History of the United States series, this volume is a portrait of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life. The author 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 Pa...

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Main Author: Howe, Daniel Walker.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
Subjects and Genres:
Social change > United States > History > 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.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • A vision of the future.

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