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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

by Daniel Walker Howe
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

Sweeping portrait of America remade by progress

This is the kind of history book that makes a huge era feel alive rather than distant. Howe connects railroads, religion, politics, reform, and war into one rich story, so you really feel how America was being transformed from every angle. If you like big, intelligent history that still reads with momentum and purpose, this is an especially rewarding read.

  • Pulitzer Prize for History (2008)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (2007)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (2007)
  • SHEAR Book Prize (2008)
  • New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

by Daniel Walker Howe
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ISBN: 9780195392432
Authors: Daniel Walker Howe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication: 2009-09-23
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, History, Politics
Related Topics: History, War, Politics, Historical, Money, Government, American History
Goodreads rating: 4.17
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Daniel Walker Howe's What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 is part of The Oxford History of the United States. In this Pulitzer Prize–winning volume, Howe illuminates the period from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican War, a era during which the United States expanded to the Pacific and consolidated control over the richest parts of the continent. The book traces revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications—railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph—that accelerated expansion and the spread of information. These changes helped spur mass politics and a diversified economy in which commerce and industry stood alongside agriculture. Howe interweaves political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history; he examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party, while assessing the contributions of John Quincy Adams and other Whigs who advocated public education, economic integration, and the rights of Native Americans, women, and African-Americans. The work also explores how religion shaped many aspects of American life, including slavery and abolition, women's rights, and other reform movements. The narrative culminates in the controversial but consequential Mexican War, which altered the American map. Winner of the New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize; Finalist, 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
 

Sweeping portrait of America remade by progress

This is the kind of history book that makes a huge era feel alive rather than distant. Howe connects railroads, religion, politics, reform, and war into one rich story, so you really feel how America was being transformed from every angle. If you like big, intelligent history that still reads with momentum and purpose, this is an especially rewarding read.

  • Pulitzer Prize for History (2008)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (2007)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (2007)
  • SHEAR Book Prize (2008)
  • New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.