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Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815
- Title
- Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.
- Author
- Wood, Gordon S.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 778 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- The Oxford history of the United States
- Uniform Title
- Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [739]-752) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1049
- ISBN
- 9780195039146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0195039149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009010762
- OCLC
- 316027972
- Author
- Wood, Gordon S.
- Title
- Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Series
- The Oxford history of the United StatesOxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [739]-752) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1049