| Author | Howe, Daniel Walker.
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| Title | What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / Daniel Walker Howe.
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| Published | New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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| Description | xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
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| Series | Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
The Oxford history of the United States
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| ISBN | 978-0-19-507894-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-19-507894-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index.
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| Formatted Note | 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.
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| Subjects | Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
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| LC Card Number | 2007-12370 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 338 H85 2007
mq236647: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 142771] |
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