Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815.

United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 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.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780195039146

xix, 778 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm