What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848

Daniel Walker Howe’s history of the United States runs from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War. Part of the Oxford History of the United States, it weaves together national politics, new communication technologies, emerging religious movements and campaigns for reform. Its central theme is transformation: how in these decades the country became a continental nation with mass political organisations and new means of communication and transport.