TY - BOOK AU - Howe,Daniel Walker TI - What hath God wrought: the transformation of America, 1815-1848 T2 - The Oxford history of the United States SN - 9780195078947 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - E338 .H69 2007 U1 - 973.5 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Social change KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 1815-1861 KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions KW - To 1865 N1 - include index; Includes bibliographical references (p. [856]-878) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012370.html UR - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25943 ER -