the transformation of America, 1815-1848 Howe, Daniel Walker 1937- creator text bibliography nyu New York Oxford University Press 2007 monographic eng

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xviii, 904 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. 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. Daniel Walker Howe. Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index. n-us--- Social change United States History 19th century Cambio social Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XIX United States History 1815-1861 Estados Unidos Historia 1815-1861 United States Foreign relations 1815-1861 Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 1815-1861 United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1815-1861 United States Economic conditions To 1865 Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas Hasta 1865 002 E 338 H855w 2007 973.5 9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195078942 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2007012370 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012370.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25943 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012370.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25943 DLC 070326 20240517142804.0 14784683 eng