Howe offers little original scholarship, but he has done his homework ? his footnotes display familiarity with virtually all of the major and many of the minor works of economic, political, cultural, and just plain history regarding the early republic.
Morse, Howe deliberately eschews punctuation, leaving the reader to decide whether the phrase should end with a question mark or an exclamation point. The title?s initial clause replicates the earliest telegraphed message like Samuel F.B. Innovations in transportation, improvements in communication, the fire of religion, and the rise of political parties: these are the themes of Daniel Walker Howe?s huge history of the period sandwiched by the War of 1812 and the Mexican War.
Reviewed for EH.NET by Jenny Wahl, Department of Economics, Carleton College. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Author(s):ĭaniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848.
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