Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0199832463 ISBN13: 9780199832460 Release Date: October 2011 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Length: 800 Pages Weight: 2.45 lbs. Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.3" x 9.2" The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. Wood, offers a brilliant account of the early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and the beginning of the national government to the end of the War of 1812. As Wood reveals, the period was marked by tumultuous change in all aspects of American life--in politics, society, economy, and culture. The men who founded the new government had high hopes for the future, but few of their hopes and dreams worked out quite as they expected. They