A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood. The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of the USA. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. Wood, offers a brilliant account of the early American Republic,ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the War of1812. As Wood reveals, the period was marked by tumultuous change in all aspects of American life--in politics, society, economy, and culture. The men who founded the new government had high hopes for the future, but few of their hopes and dreams worked out quite as they expected. They hated political parties but parties nonetheless emerged. Some wanted the United States to become a great fiscal-military state like those of Britain and France; others wanted the country to remain a rural agriculturalstate very different from the European states. Instead, by 1815 the United States became something neither group anticipated. Many leaders expected American culture to flourish and surpass that of Europe; instead it became popularized and vulgarized. The leaders also hope to see the end of slavery;instead, despite the release of many slaves and the end of slavery in the North, slavery was stronger in 1815 than it had been in 1789. Many wanted to avoid entanglements with Europe, but instead the country became involved in Europe's wars and ended up waging another war with the former mother country. Still,with a new generation emerging by 1815, most Americans were confident and optimistic about the future of their country. 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. A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History Winner of the New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize A New York Times Bestseller Selected as one of the Top 25 Books of 2009 by The Atlantic "On every page of this book, Wood's subtlety and erudition show. Grand in scope and a landmark achievement of scholarship, Empire of Liberty is a tour deforce, the culmination of a lifetime of brilliant thinking and writing." --The New York Times Book Review "Empire of Liberty will rightly take its place among the authoritative volumes in this important and influential series." --The Washington Post INDICE: Editor's Introduction Introduction: Rip Van Winkle's America 1. Experiment in Republicanism 2. A Monarchical Republic 3. The Federalist Program 4. The Emergence of the Jeffersonian Republican Party 5. The French Revolutionin America 6. John Adams and the Few and the Many 7. The Crisis of 1798-1799 8. The Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800 9. Republican Society 10. The Jeffersonian West 11. Law and an Independent Judiciary 12. Chief Justice John Marshall and the Origins of Judicial Review 13. Republican Reforms 14. Between Slavery and Freedom 15. The Rising Glory of America 16. Republican Religion 17. Republican Diplomacy 18. The War of 1812 19. A World Within Themselves BibliographicEssay
- ISBN: 978-0-19-983246-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 800
- Fecha Publicación: 24/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés