Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815

Wood, Gordon S.

Book 2009

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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United States Politics and government 1789-1815

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Oxford history of the United States The Oxford history of the United States

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ISBN:

9780195039146
0195039149

Description:

xix, 778 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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

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2009010762

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483163

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