02979nam 2200625 450 991046032830332120200520144314.00-8131-5015-9(CKB)3710000000333800(EBL)1914911(SSID)ssj0001401313(PQKBManifestationID)12612837(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401313(PQKBWorkID)11345032(PQKB)10179645(MiAaPQ)EBC1914911(OCoLC)606976453(MdBmJHUP)muse43689(Au-PeEL)EBL1914911(CaPaEBR)ebr11011786(CaONFJC)MIL691998(EXLCZ)99371000000033380020150209h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr1816 America rising /C. Edward SkeenLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2003.©20031 online resource (317 p.)Includes index.1-322-60716-8 0-8131-2271-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-289) and index.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""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 sometiPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, AmericanUnited StatesHistory1809-1817United StatesPolitics and government1809-1817United StatesHistoryWar of 1812InfluenceElectronic books.Political cultureHistoryNational characteristics, American.973.5/1Skeen Carl Edward1032097MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK991046032830332118162467720UNINA