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Author Howe, Daniel Walker.

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

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Oxford history of the United States
Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 856-878) and index.
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 revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future.
Awards Pulizer Prize for History, 2008.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Social change.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Chronological Term 1815-1861
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861.
International relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Politics and government.
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term To 1865
To 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Howe, Daniel Walker. What hath God wrought. New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2007012370
ISBN 9780199726578 (electronic book)
0199726574 (electronic book)
9780195078947 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0195078942 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)