What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848
| What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815–1848 | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Daniel Walker Howe |
| Series | Oxford History of the United States |
| Subject(s) | U.S. history |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | October 29, 2007 |
| Pages | 928 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0195078942 (hardcover) |
| OCLC Number | 122701433 |
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written in 2007 by historian Daniel Walker Howe. The book is part of the Oxford History of the United States.[1]The book provides an intellectual, religious social and political history of the United States at the time when America’s founders were handing over the leadership of the nation to a new generation.
Howe demonstrates that Americans during this period considered their country an example of Democracy for the rest of the world. He indicates that the most important forces that made American Democracy meaningful during this period were first, the growth of the market economy, second the awakened vigor of democratically organized Protestant churches and other voluntary associations and third the emergence of mass political parties. The impact of these three factors was magnified by developments in communications ( mails, newspaper, books and telegraph) and transportation. (trains, steamboats, canals and roads) The book title words come both from the Bible and the Samuel Morse’s first telegraph message. While there was much to admire in America during this period Howe indicates the admiration was diminished by the continuation and expansion of slavery, the removal of Native Americans and Imperialist actions especially against Mexico.
Some of the major individuals and groups of the period were: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, James Monroe, DeWitt Clinton, Thomas Hart Benton, James Polk, Democratic Party, Whigs, Abolitionists, Evangelical Protestant Sects, Slaveholders,
In 2008, What Hath God Wrought received the Pulitzer Prize for History. Other prizes it won include the American History Book Prize.
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- ^ "Pulitzer Prizes Awards". The New York Times. April 8, 2008. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E1D6173EF93BA35757C0A96E9C8B63. Retrieved on April 15, 2009.
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