What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848Oxford University Press, USA, 29 հոկ, 2007 թ. - 904 էջ The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe's panoramic narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. He examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs--advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans--were the true prophets of America's future. He reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. Howe's story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States.Winner of the New-York Historical Society American History Book PrizeFinalist, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Defeat of the Past | 8 |
1 The Continental Setting | 19 |
2 From the Jaws of Defeat | 63 |
3 An Era of Good and Bad Feelings | 91 |
4 The World That Cotton Made | 125 |
5 Awakenings of Religion | 164 |
6 Overthrowing the Tyranny of Distance | 203 |
12 Reason and Revelation | 446 |
13 Jacksons Third Term | 483 |
14 The New Economy | 525 |
15 The Whigs and Their Age | 570 |
16 American Renaissance | 613 |
17 Texas Tyler and the Telegraph | 658 |
18 Westward the Star of Empire | 701 |
19 The War Against Mexico | 744 |
7 The Improvers | 243 |
8 Pursuing the Millennium | 285 |
9 Andrew Jackson and His Age | 328 |
10 Battles over Sovereignty | 367 |
11 Jacksonian Democracy and the Rule of Law | 411 |
20 The Revolutions of 1848 | 792 |
A Vision of the Future | 837 |
Bibliographical Essay | 856 |
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