Record details

• ISBN: 0195039149
• ISBN: 9780195039146
• Physical Description: xix, 778 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
• Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : 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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Subject:

United States > Civilization > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1789-1815.

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• The Oxford history of the United States
• Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)