The title?s initial clause replicates the earliest telegraphed message like Samuel F.B. Innovations in transportation, improvements in communication, the fire of religion, and the rise of political parties: these are the themes of Daniel Walker Howe?s huge history of the period sandwiched by the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. Reviewed for EH.NET by Jenny Wahl, Department of Economics, Carleton College. By 1848 America had been transformed.What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Author(s):ĭaniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848. This story of American expansion culminates in the bitterly controversial but brilliantly executed war waged against Mexico to gain California and Texas for the United States. He reveals the power of religion to shape many aspects of American life during this period, including slavery and antislavery, women's rights and other reform movements, politics, education, and literature. He examines the rise of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, but contends that John Quincy Adams and other Whigs, advocates of public education and economic integration, defenders of the rights of Indians, women, and African-Americans, were the true prophets of America's future. In his story, the author weaves together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history. These innovations prompted the emergence of mass political parties and stimulated America's economic development from an overwhelmingly rural country to a diversified economy in which commerce and industry took their place alongside agriculture. Railroads, canals, newspapers, and the telegraph dramatically lowered travel times and spurred the spread of information.
This narrative portrays revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated the extension of the American empire.
The author illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. Summary: As part of the Oxford History of the United States series, this volume is a portrait of an era that saw dramatic transformations in American life.
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