| Physical description |
1 online resource (xviii, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the United States |
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Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
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| 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. |
| Summary |
The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in What Hath God Wrought, historian Daniel Walker Howe 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 Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe's panoramic narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and comm. |
| Notes |
Pulizer Prize for History, 2008. |
| Subject |
Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Social change.
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United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
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History |
| ISBN |
9780199726578 (electronic bk.) |
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0199726574 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199743797 (electronic bk.) |
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0199743797 (electronic bk.) |
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9780195078947 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0195078942 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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