02465cam a2200385 a 4500 16529743 20170105102848.0 101103s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng 2010045829 9781594202902 1594202907 (OCoLC)ocn678537224 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP UPZ VKC BWX VP@ CDX DLC n-us--- E302.1 .W77 2011 973.3 22 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 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 -- 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. 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. United States. Constitution. Democracy United States. Republicanism United States. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence. United States Politics and government 1775-1783. United States Politics and government 1783-1809. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 14167 14167 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-08-20 0 973.3 WOO 2011 CIPS0000703 2013-08-20 2013-08-20 BK