Maps
xi
Editor's Introduction xiii
Abbreviations Used in Citations xvii
Introduction 1(7)
Prologue: The Defeat of the Past 8(11)
The Continental Setting
19(44)
From the Jaws of Defeat
63(28)
An Era of Good and Bad Feelings
91(34)
The World That Cotton Made
125(39)
Awakenings of Religion
164(39)
Overthrowing the Tyranny of Distance
203(40)
The Improvers
243(42)
Pursuing the Millennium
285(43)
Andrew Jackson and His Age
328(39)
Battles over Sovereignty
367(44)
Jacksonian Democracy and the Rule of Law
411(35)
Reason and Revelation
446(37)
Jackson's Third Term
483(42)
The New Economy
525(45)
The Whigs and Their Age
570(43)
American Renaissance
613(45)
Texas, Tyler, and the Telegraph
658(43)
Westward the Star of Empire
701(43)
The War Against Mexico
744(48)
The Revolutions of 1848
792(45)
Finale: A Vision of the Future 837(19)
Bibliographical Essay 856(23)
Index 879