Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [739]-752) and index

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Empire of liberty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

316027972

Responsibility statement

Gordon S. Wood

Series statement

The Oxford history of the United States

Sub title

a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815

Table Of Contents

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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