The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series incl
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English Pages xix, 778 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps, portraits Year 2009;2011
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.