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Author Skeen, Carl Edward.

Title 1816 : America rising / C. Edward Skeen
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages) : portraits
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Year Without a Summer; 2. Legacy of the War of 1812; 3. The Fourteenth Congress Begins; 4. A Tariff and a Bank; 5. Compensation Act of 1816; 6. Internal Improvements; 7. Fourth of July Celebrations; 8. National Defense; 9. State Developments; 10. Crime and Punishment; 11. The Humanitarian Impulse; 12. Election of 1816; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary ""The year 1816 found America on the cusp of political, social, cultural, and economic modernity. Celebrating its fortieth year of independence, the country's sense of self was maturing. Americans, who had emerged from the War of 1812 with their political systemsintact, embraced new opportunities. For the first time, citizens viewed themselves not as members of a loose coalition of states but as part of a larger union. This optimism was colored, however, by bizarre weather. Periods of extreme cold and severe drought swept the northern states and the upper south throughout 1816, which was someti
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-289) and index
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Subject Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
National characteristics, American.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
National characteristics, American
Political culture
Politics and government
Politieke cultuur.
Nationalisme.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- 1809-1817. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140193
United States -- Politics and government -- 1809-1817. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140425
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Influence
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003007863
ISBN 9780813150154
0813150159