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UNINA9910460328303321 |
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Skeen Carl Edward |
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1816 : America rising / / C. Edward Skeen |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2003 |
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1 online resource (317 p.) |
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Political culture - United States - History - 19th century |
National characteristics, American |
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United States History 1809-1817 |
United States Politics and government 1809-1817 |
United States History War of 1812 Influence |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-289) and index. |
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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 |
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""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 |
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UNINA9910990994703321 |
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Pansa, Giampaolo <1935-2020> |
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Piombo e sangue : da piazza Fontana a Marco Biagi : violenza e terrorismo nelle cronache di un grande giornalista / Giampaolo Pansa ; a cura di Marco Damilano e Adele Grisendi ; con una postfazione di Marco Damilano |
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Milano, : BUR Rizzoli, 2024 |
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