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Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.

Wood, Gordon S. (Author).

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.

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

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