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

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780195392432
  • ISBN: 9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0195078942 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xviii, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Subject: Social change > United States > History > 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.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library E 338 H69 2009 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001329192 General Volume hold Available -


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