What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848

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ISBN: 0199726574
ISBN: 9780199726578
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xviii, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 856-878) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Awards Note:	Pulizer Prize for History, 2008.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.