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

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wood, Gordon S.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colección:Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
Materias:
United States > Civilization > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1789-1815.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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