What hath God wrought the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / [electronic resource] :
Daniel Walker Howe.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
- The Oxford history of the United States .
- Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Social change--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--1815-1861. United States--Foreign relations--1815-1861. United States--Politics and government--1815-1861. United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.