What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States). Copy 2.

Blurb

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. The book provides an intellectual, religious, social, and political history of the United States at the time when America’s founders were handing 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 argues that the most important forces that made American Democracy meaningful during this period were the growth of the market economy, the awakened vigor of democratically organized Protestant churches and other voluntary associations, the emergence of mass political parties. The impact of these three factors was magnified by developments in communications and transportation. The book's title comes from both the Bible and Samuel Morse’s first telegraph message.