The idea of America reflections on the birth of the United States
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders'...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The idea of America : |b reflections on the birth of the United States / |c Gordon S. Wood. |
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| 300 | |a 385 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders' attempts to forge an American democracy. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Rhetoric and reality in the American Revolution -- The legacy of Rome in the American Revolution -- Conspiracy and the paranoid style -- Interests and disinterestedness in the making of the Constitution -- The origins of American Constitutionalism -- The making of American democracy -- The radicalism of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine considered -- Monarchism and republicanism in early America -- Illusions of power in the awkward era of federalism -- The American enlightenment -- A history of rights in early America -- Conclusion : the American revolutionary tradition, or why America wants to spread democracy around the world. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x History |y Revolution, 1775-1783 |x Influence. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1775-1783. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1783-1809. | |
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