The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States /
Wood, Gordon S.
The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States / Gordon S. Wood. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 385 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index.
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 -- Themaking 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 inearly America -- Conclusion : the American revolutionary tradition, or why America wants to spread democracy around the world.
Evaluates the American Revolution as the nation's most definitive event, presenting essays that explore the ideological origins of the war, the founders' attempt to create an American democracy, and the gap between the views of the founders and present-day citizens.
1594202907 : HRD $29.95 9781594202902
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
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United States. Constitution.
Democracy--United States.
Republicanism--United States.
United States--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
E302.1 / .W77 2011
973.3
The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States / Gordon S. Wood. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 385 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index.
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 -- Themaking 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 inearly America -- Conclusion : the American revolutionary tradition, or why America wants to spread democracy around the world.
Evaluates the American Revolution as the nation's most definitive event, presenting essays that explore the ideological origins of the war, the founders' attempt to create an American democracy, and the gap between the views of the founders and present-day citizens.
1594202907 : HRD $29.95 9781594202902
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074
2010045829
United States. Constitution.
Democracy--United States.
Republicanism--United States.
United States--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
E302.1 / .W77 2011
973.3