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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0807847232
ISBN-13:: 9780807847237
Pub. Date:: 04/06/1998
Publisher:: Omohundro Institute and UNC Press

ISBN-10:: 0807847232
ISBN-13:: 9780807847237
Pub. Date:: 04/06/1998
Publisher:: Omohundro Institute and UNC Press

The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 / Edition 1

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One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.—New York Times Book Review

"During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.—William and Mary Quarterly

"[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.—New England Quarterly

"This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.—Wesley Frank Craven

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ISBN-13:	9780807847237
Publisher:	Omohundro Institute and UNC Press
Publication date:	04/06/1998
Series:	Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Edition description:	1
Pages:	680
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University.

Contents

Preface to the 1998 Edition / v
Preface / xv

Part One: The Ideology of Revolution
Chapter I. The Whig Science of Politics / 3
Chapter II. Republicanism / 46
Chapter III. Moral Reformation / 91

Part Two: The Constitution of the States
Chapter IV. The Restructuring of Power / 127
Chapter V. The Nature of Representation / 162
Chapter VI. Mixed Government and Bicameralism / 197

Part Three: The People against the Legislatures
Chapter VII. Law and Contracts / 259
Chapter VIII. Conventions of the People / 306
Chapter IX. The Sovereignty of the People / 344

Part Four: The Critical Period
Chapter X. Vices of the System / 393
Chapter XI. Republican Remedies / 430

Part Five: The Federal Constitution
Chapter XII. The Worthy against the Licentious / 471
Chapter XIII. The Federalist Persuasion / 519

Part Six: The Revolutionary Achievement
Chapter XIV. The Relevance and Irrelevance of John Adams / 567
Chapter XV. The American Science of Politics / 593

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One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.—New York Times Book Review

During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.—William and Mary Quarterly

[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.—New England Quarterly

This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.—Wesley Frank Craven

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One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.

New York Times Book Review

If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.

William and Mary Quarterly

[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.

New England Quarterly

This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.

Wesley Frank Craven

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**** Reprint of the 1969 edition (which is cited in BCL3) with a new (9p.) preface. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution. -- The New York Times Book Review

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[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation. -- New England Quarterly

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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 / Edition 1

The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 / Edition 1

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