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035			_a(Sirsi) i9780199832460
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020			_a9780199832460 (pbk.)
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050	1	4	_aE 164 .W63 2011
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090			_aE 164 .W63 2011
100	1		_aWood, Gordon S.
245	1	0	_aEmpire of liberty : _ba history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / _cGordon S. Wood.
250			_a1st pbk. ed.
260			_aNew York ; _aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2011, c2009.
263			_a201111
300			_axix, 778 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., maps, ports. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aThe Oxford history of the United States
500			_aOriginally published: 2009.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [739]-752) and index.
505	0		_aRip 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.
520			_aIn this book the author offers an account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the War of 1812. As he 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 agricultural state 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 hoped 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. This is an account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. It is the second volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.
651		0	_aUnited States _xCivilization _y1783-1865.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1789-1815.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1783-1815.
650		7	_aCivilization. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00862898
650		7	_aPolitical science. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01069781
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648		7	_a1783 - 1865 _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830		0	_aOxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
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