The first century of the republic : a review of American progress by the Rev. Theodore D. Woolsey ... F.A.P. Barnard ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

[7]-506 p. : ill. (incl. ports., maps) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

First century

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Bros., 1876.

Contents:

I. Introduction : colonial progress / E. Lawrence

II. Mechanical progress by E.H. Knight

III. Progress in manufacture / D.A. Wells

Iv. Agricultural progress / W.H. Brewer

v. The development of our mineral resources / T.S. Hunt

VI. Commercial development / E. Atkinson

VII. Growth and distribution of population / F.A. Walker

VIII. Monetary development / W.G. Sumner

IX. The experiment of the union, with its preparations / T.D. Woolsey .

X. Educational progress / E. Lawrence

XI. Scientific progress : 1. The exact sciences / F.A.P. Barnard. 2. Natural science / T. Gill

XII. A century of American literature / E.P. Whipple

XIII. Progress of the fine arts / S.S. Conant

XIv. Medical and sanitary progress / A. Flint

Xv. American jurisprudence / B.v. Abbott

XVI. Humanitarian progress / C.L. Brace

XVII. Religious development / J.F. Hurst.

Notes:

"Nearly all of the papers here published were originally contributed to Harper's magazine."--Publisher's advertisement.

Bibliographical footnotes.