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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Daniel Walker, author.

Series:

Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)

Oxford scholarship online.

The Oxford history of the United States

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--United States--History--19th century.

Social change.

United States--History--1815-1861.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1815-1861.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (925 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Weaving together political and military events with social, economic, cultural and religious history, Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, when the United States expanded to the Pacific.

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.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [856]-878) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771786-1

0-19-974379-7

1-282-27069-9

9786612270697

0-19-972657-4

OCLC:

646814186