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Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.
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| Authors: |
Wood, Gordon S.
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| Call number: |
973.4 WOO |
| Publisher: |
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Publication date: |
2009. |
| Subject: |
United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815.
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| Series title: |
Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
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| Title: |
Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood. |
| Physical description: |
xix, 778 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780195039146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195039149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199832460 |
| LCCN: |
2009010762 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1220090
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| Bib No.: |
1220090 |
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