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100 1 _aWood, Gordon S.
245 1 4 _aThe idea of America :
_breflections on the birth of the United States /
_cGordon S. Wood.
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Press,
_c2011.
300 _a385 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aA 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 _aRhetoric 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 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xInfluence.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1775-1783.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1783-1809.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xHistoria
_yRevolución, 1775-1783
_xInfluencia.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tConstitution.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRepublicanism
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aRepublicanismo
_zEstados Unidos.
650 4 _aDemocracia
_zEstados Unidos.
650 4 _a20150400
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-d.html
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