- Part 1: The Book and Professor Howe
- Part 2: Video: Lectures in History, C-SPAN
- Part 3: More Video
(For example: lectures on U.S. history during 1815-1848; author talks and interviews for other books related to this period; television documentaries.) - Part 4: Encyclopedia Articles and Period Publications
(By "Period Publications" I mean books and pamphlets published during 1815-1848, and also some published before and after that period. A historian might call some of these items Primary Sources.)
Video: Lectures in History, C-SPAN
(Lectures addressing the period 1815-1848.)
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### Lorien Foote, "1840s Popular Culture," Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 02 March 2018.
- Lorien L. Foote, Department of History, Texas A&M University.
- Theater in the United States: The 19th century.
- Bowery Boys.
- Edwin Forrest (1806–1872).
- Astor Place Riot, 10 May 1849.
- Industrial printing presses.
- Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879).
- Godey's Lady's Book, published 1830–1878.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882).
- George Lippard (1822–1854). The Monks of Monk Hall, 1844. Retitled in 1845: The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall.
[Archive.org, 1876 edition; Amazon.com, 1995.] - Minstrel show.
### Jonathan Barth, "Presidency of Andrew Jackson," Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 21 October 2016.
- Jonathan Barth, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University.
- Professor Barth, professorbarth.com.
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852).
- Henry Clay (1777–1852).
- American System (economic plan).
- John C. Calhoun (1782–1850).
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), U.S. President 1825-1829.
- Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), U.S. President 1829-1837.
- United States presidential election, 1824.
- United States presidential election, 1828.
- Presidency of Andrew Jackson.
- Jacksonian democracy.
- Maysville Road veto, 1830.
- Tariff of 1832.
- Nullification Crisis, 1832-1837.
- Compromise Tariff of 1833.
- Bank War, 1829-1837.
- Second Bank of the United States, February 1816 - January 1836.
- Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844).
- United States presidential election, 1832.
- United States presidential election, 1836.
- Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), U.S. President 1837–1841.
- Panic of 1837.
- United States presidential election, 1840.
- William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), U.S. President March 4 – April 4, 1841.
- John Tyler (1790–1862), U.S. President 1841-1845.
- Indian removal.
### Patrick Allitt, "California Gold Rush," Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 19 September 2016.
- Patrick N. Allitt, Department of History, Emory University.
- Patrick Allitt (b.1956), Wikipedia.
- Patrick N. Allitt, C-SPAN.
- Georgia Gold Rush, started 1829.
- California Gold Rush, 1848–1855.
- Oregon Trail.
- California Trail.
### Stephen Berry, "Coroners in the 19th Century South," University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 23 February 2016.
- Stephen Berry, Department of History, University of Georgia.
- Mary Roach. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Thomas Balcerski, "Culture of the Antebellum Congress," Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, 12 November 2015.
- Thomas Balcerski, Department of History, Eastern Connecticut State University.
- First Party System, Jeffersonian Republicans (Democratic-Republican Party) versus Federalists, 1790s-1820s.
- Democratic-Republican Party.
- Federalist Party.
- Embargo Act of 1807, Ograbme.
- Second Party System, Jacksonian Democratic Party versus National Republican Party / Whig Party, 1820s-1850s.
- Jacksonian Democratic Party.
- Jacksonian democracy.
- Whig Party.
- Bank War, 1830s.
- Henry Clay (1777–1852).
- William R. King (1786–1853).
- Kansas–Nebraska Act, 1854.
- Lyon-Griswold brawl, 1798.
- Burr–Hamilton duel, 1804.
- Foote-Benton dispute, 1850.
- Caning of Charles Sumner, 1856.
### Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, "Morality in 19th Century Literature," University of Wisconsin - Madison, 05 October 2015.
- Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Department of History, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
- Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Department of History, University of Wisconsin - Madison (another webpage).
- Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Wikipedia.
- Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, C-SPAN.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), "Experience," 1844.
- Herman Melville (1819–1891), Moby-Dick, 1851.
### Elizabeth Gray, "Drug Addiction in 19th Century America," Towson University, Towson, Maryland, 18 September 2015.
- Elizabeth Kelly Gray, Department of History, Towson University.
- Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859). Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. 1821.
[Wikipedia; London 1823 edition; London 1823 edition; Boston 1841 edition; Boston 1841 edition.] - J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (1735–1813). Letters from an American Farmer. 1782.
[Wikipedia; Archive.org, London 1783.]
J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur. Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America. Introduction by Albert E. Stone. New York: Penguin Group (Penguin Classics), 1981.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Opium.
- Laudanum.
### Carlton Basmajian, "Northwest Ordinance," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 09 September 2015.
- Carlton Basmajian, Department of Community And Regional Planning, Iowa State University.
Wikipedia Articles:
- Royal Proclamation of 1763, Proclamation Line of 1763.
- Land Ordinance of 1785.
- Northwest Ordinance, 1787.
- Northwest Territory.
- Albert Gallatin (1761 –1849).
- Erie Canal, completed 1825.
- Louisiana Purchase, 1803.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806.
- Territorial evolution of the United States.
- United States territorial acquisitions.
### Douglas E. Thompson, "Slavery and Religion," Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 11 February 2015.
- Doug Thompson, Department of History, Mercer University.
- Faculty, Center for Southern Studies, Mercer University.
- Douglas E. Thompson, douglasethompson.com.
- Slavery in the United States.
- Slavery in the United States: 1790 to 1850.
- John Jasper (1812-1901).
- Nat Turner (1800–1831).
- Nat Turner's slave rebellion, Southampton County, Virginia, August 1831.
- Thomas R. Gray (1800-?). The Confessions of Nat Turner. Baltimore: Thomas R. Gray, 1831.
[Archive.org.] - Frederick Douglass (1818–1895). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Boston: The Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
[Wikipedia; Archive.org.]
Also in: Frederick Douglass. Autobiographies. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Library of America, 1994.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
Also in: Slave Narratives. Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Library of America, 2000.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Daniel Feller, "Jacksonian Democracy," University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 21 January 2015.
- Daniel Feller, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- Daniel Feller, Wikipedia.
- Dr. Daniel M. Feller, "The Tumultuous Age of Jackson," McConnell Center, University of Louisville, 16 November 2011.
[I recommend listening to this talk first before Feller's seminar "Jacksonian Democracy."]
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Age of Jackson. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1945; New York: Back Bay Books (Little, Brown and Co., / Hachette Book Group), 1988.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Marvin Meyers. The Jacksonian Persuasion: Politics and Belief. Stanford University Press, 1957; 1960.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Michael Paul Rogin. Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975; New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1991.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Daniel Walker Howe. The Political Culture of the American Whigs. The University of Chicago Press, 1979.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Charles Sellers. The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Daniel Feller. The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815-1840. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### John Turner, "Mormons in 19th Century America," George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 18 November 2014.
- John Turner, Department of Religious Studies, George Mason University.
- John Turner, C-SPAN.
- John G. Turner. Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2012.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Joseph Smith (1805–1844). The Book of Mormon, 1830.
- Brigham Young (1801–1877).
- Kirtland Safety Society, 1837.
- Mormon pioneers.
### Alan S. Taylor, "Alcohol Use in the Early American Republic," University of California, Davis, 05 March 2014.
- Alan Taylor, Department of History, University of California, Davis.
- Alan Taylor, Department of History, University of Virginia.
- Alan Taylor (b.1955), Wikipedia.
- W.J. Rorabaugh. The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Alan Taylor. William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic. New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, 1995.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Alan Taylor. The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution. New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, 2006.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Alan Taylor. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, 2010.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Alan Taylor. The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Alan Taylor. American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Merritt Roe Smith, "Industrial Revolution in America," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 27 February 2014.
- Merritt Roe Smith, Department of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Merritt Roe Smith (1940), Wikipedia.
- Merritt Roe Smith. Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology: The Challenge of Change. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1977.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Merritt Roe Smith. Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1994.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Merritt Roe Smith and others. Inventing America: A History of the United States, second edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005.
[Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Kenneth Cohen, "Politicking in the Early American Republic," St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland, 13 November 2013.
- Kenneth Cohen, Department of History, St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
- First Party System, Jeffersonian Republicans (Democratic-Republican Party) versus Federalists, 1790s-1820s.
- Second Party System, Jacksonian Democratic Party versus National Republican Party / Whig Party, 1820s-1850s.
### Andrew Cayton, "Literature of the Early American Republic," Miami University, Ohio, 21 October 2013.
- In Memoriam: Andrew R.L. Cayton, Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
- Dr. Andrew Cayton, "Origins of the Imperial Republic," McConnell Center, University of Louisville, November 2011.
- Andrew Cayton. Love in the Time of Revolution: Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change, 1793-1818. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton. The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000. New York: Viking Penguin, 2005.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Andrew Cayton. The Frontier Republic: Ideology and Politics in The Ohio Country, 1780-1825. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1986.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Rosemarie Zagarri, "Religion and Identity," George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 25 March 2013.
- Rosemarie Zagarri, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University.
- Rosemarie Zagarri, Wikipedia.
- Rosemarie Zagarri, C-SPAN.
- Rosemarie Zagarri. Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
Zagarri discusses Revolutionary Backlash in this video: Rosemarie Zagarri, "Women and the Founding of America," University of Oklahoma, American History TV, C-SPAN, 27 February 2012.
- History of religion in the United States.
- Second Great Awakening, 1790s-1850s.
- Ursuline Convent riots, Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 1834.
- Know Nothing movement, 1840s-1850s.
### Steffen Schmidt, "History of Political Parties," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 08 March 2013.
- Steffen Schmidt, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University.
- Steffen W. Schmidt (aka Dr. Politics).
### Andrew Frank, "Creek Indians and the First Seminole War," Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 26 February 2013.
- Andrew K. Frank, Department of History, Florida State University.
- Andrew K. Frank. Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Spanish Florida: Second Spanish period.
- East Florida.
- West Florida.
- Red Sticks.
- Seminole.
- Creek War (aka Red Stick War), 1813-1814.
- William McIntosh (1775–1825).
- Andrew Jackson: First Seminole War.
- First Seminole War, 1816-1819.
- Adams–Onís Treaty, 1819.
- Florida Territory, 1822-1845.
### Alan Lessoff, "19th Century U.S. Urban Growth," Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 02 February 2013.
- Dr. Alan Lessoff, Department of History, Illinois State University.
- Alan Lessoff, personal webpage, Illinois State University.
- Alan Lessoff, "Was There A Gilded Age? Was There A Progressive Era?" McConnell Center, University of Louisville, 25 January 2012.
- Alan Lessoff. Where Texas Meets the Sea: Corpus Christi and Its History. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Gary B. Nash. First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Laurel Clark Shire, "Indian Removal from the Southeastern U.S.," University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, 09 April 2012.
- Laurel Shire, Department of History, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
- Laurel Clark Shire. The Threshold of Manifest Destiny: Gender and National Expansion in Florida. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- James W. Loewen. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### William Cooper, "The Idea of Honor in the Antebellum South," Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 15 March 2012.
- William J. Cooper, LSU Press.
- William J. Cooper, Penguin Random House.
- William J. Cooper, C-SPAN.
- John Lyde Wilson (1784–1849). The Code of Honor, or, Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling. 1838; Charleston, S.C.: James Phinney, 1858.
[Archive.org, 1858.] - A Native Georgian (Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790–1870)). Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c: In the First Half-Century of the Republic. Augusta: The S.R. Sentinel Office, 1835. Second Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. New Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897.
[Archive.org, 1835; Archive.org, 1850; Archive.org, 1897.] - Joanne B. Freeman. Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Burr–Hamilton duel, 1804.
- Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805–1886) versus Turner Bynum, 1832.
- Andrew Jackson (1767–1845).
- Henry Clay (1777–1852).
### James Connolly, "Immigration and the Roots of Pluralism in the U.S.," Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 16 February 2012.
- James Connolly, Department of History, Ball State University.
- Center for Middletown Studies, Ball State University.
- David Jacobson, editor. The Immigration Reader: America in a Multidisciplinary Perspective. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing / Wiley-Blackwell, 1998.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- History of immigration to the United States.
- History of immigration to the United States: Immigration 1790 to 1849.
- History of immigration to the United States: Immigration 1850 to 1930.
### Joan Cashin, "Abolitionist and Women's Rights Movements," Ohio State University, Columbus, 13 February 2012.
- Joan E. Cashin, Department of History, Ohio State University.
- Joan E. Cashin, C-SPAN.
- Abraham Lincoln Institute
- Abolitionism in the United States.
- William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879).
- David Walker (1796–1830). Walker's appeal, in four articles; together with a preamble, to the coloured citizens of the world, but in particular, and very expressly, to those of the United States of America, written in Boston, State of Massachusetts, September 28, 1829. Third edition. Boston: David Walker, 1830.
[Archive.org; Archive.org, another copy.]
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903).
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Boston: The Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
[Wikipedia; Archive.org.]
Also in: Frederick Douglass. Autobiographies. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Library of America, 1994.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
Also in: Slave Narratives. Edited by William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Library of America, 2000.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Lucretia Mott (1793–1880).
- Grimké sisters.
Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873).
Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879). - Angelina E. Grimké. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. Also: The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Vol. 1, No. 2, September 1836. Also: Edinburgh: William Oliphant Jun. & Co., 1837.
[Archive.org, American Anti-Slavery Society; Archive.org, The Anti-Slavery Examiner; Archive.org, Edinburgh.] - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902).
- Seneca Falls Convention, 1848.
- Sojourner Truth (c.1797–1883). "Ain't I a Woman?" 1851.
- Proslavery.
- John C. Calhoun (1782–1850). Slavery a Positive Good, 1837.
- James Henry Hammond (1807–1864).
- Arthur de Gobineau (1816–1882). An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races. 1853–1855.
[Wikipedia.] - Maynard Davis Richardson (1812-1832). The Remains of Maynard Davis Richardson: with a Memoir of His Life. Charleston, S.C: O.A. Roorback, 1833.
[Archive.org.] - Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–1886).
### Scott Martin, "History of Opiates in America, Part 1," Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 27 September 2011.
### Scott Martin, "History of Opiates in America, Part 2," Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 27 September 2011.
- Scott Martin, Department of History, Bowling Green State University.
- David T. Courtwright. Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - David T. Courtwright. Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Kathryn Burns-Howard, "Early Women's Movement," Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 26 July 2011.
- Kathryn Burns-Howard, LinkedIn.
- College Staff Directory, The College, The University of Chicago.
- Dr. Kathryn Burns-Howard, Department of History, Miami University.
- Paul E. Johnson. A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837. New York: Hill and Wang / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978; 2004.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- History of women in the United States: 1800–1960.
- Fanny Fern (1811–1872). Ruth Hall, 1854.
- Abby Kelley (1811–1887).
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902).
- Seneca Falls Convention, July 1848.
- Declaration of Sentiments, 1848.
### Elizabeth Varon, "Fugitive Slave Laws," University of Virginia, 04 October 2010.
- Elizabeth R. Varon, Department of History, University of Virginia.
- Elizabeth R. Varon, C-SPAN.
- Elizabeth R. Varon, Wikipedia.
- Elizabeth R. Varon. Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.
- Compromise of 1850.
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
- Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897). Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1861.
- Underground Railroad.
- William Still (1821–1902). The Underground Railroad Records, 1872.
- Harriet Tubman (c.1822–1913).
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896). Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852.
- Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (1810-1879). Political and Social Essays. Richard C. Lounsbury, editor. Charlottesville: The University of Virginia Press, 1995.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### Brad Birzer, "The Old Republicans in the Early 1800s," Hillsdale College, Michigan, 15 September 2010.
- Brad Birzer, History Department, Hillsdale College.
- Bradley Birzer, C-SPAN.
- Old Republicans / Tertium Quids.
- John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833).
- John Taylor of Caroline (1753–1824).
### Robert P. Watson, "The 1824 and 1828 Presidential Elections," Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, 08 September 2010.
- Robert Watson, Lynn University.
- Robert P. Watson, Wikipedia.
- Robert P. Watson, C-SPAN.
- United States presidential election, 1800.
- Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1804.
- United States presidential election, 1824.
- Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), U.S. President 1829-1837.
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), U.S. President 1825-1829.
- William H. Crawford (1772–1834).
- Henry Clay (1777–1852).
- John C. Calhoun (1782–1850).
- United States presidential election, 1828.
- John Eaton (1790–1856).
- Petticoat affair, 1830–1831.
- Peggy Eaton (1799–1879).
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