The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States
Wood, Gordon S.2011
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Main title:
The idea of America : reflections on the birth of the United States / Gordon S. Wood.
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Edition:
Large print ed.
Imprint:
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2011.
Collation:
542 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9781611731620 (library binding alk paper large print)
Dewey class:
973.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
190712
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Large Print | LP 973.3 WOO | Available |