Title:
Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.
Author:
Wood, Gordon S.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Call Number:
E164 .W63 2009
Abstract:
Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
ISBN:
9780195039146
9780199832460
Series:
The Oxford history of the United States
Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
xix, 778 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Rip Van Winkle's America -- Experiment in republicanism -- A monarchical republic -- The Federalist program -- The emergence of the Jeffersonian Republican party -- The French Revolution in America -- John Adams and the few and the many -- The crisis of 1798-1799 -- The Jeffersonian revolution of 1800 -- Republican society -- The Jeffersonian West -- Law and an independent judiciary -- Chief Justice John Marshall and the origins of judicial review -- Republican reforms -- Between slavery and freedom -- The rising glory of America -- Republican religion -- Republican diplomacy -- The War of 1812 -- A world within themselves.
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