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Empire of Liberty : : a History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

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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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The Oxford history of the United States.



PUBLISHED
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xix, 778 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780195039146
0195039149

SUBJECTS
United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815.