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

• Superior document: The Oxford history of the United States
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Howe, Daniel Walker.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
• Physical Description: xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates :; ill., maps.

Table of 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.