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| 100 | 1 | _aWood, Gordon S. | |
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_aThe idea of America : _breflections on the birth of the United States / _cGordon S. Wood. |
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_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2011. |
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_a385 p. ; _c25 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | ||
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_aDemocracy _zUnited States. |
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_aRepublicanism _zUnited States. |
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_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xInfluence. |
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_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1775-1783. |
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_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1783-1809. |
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_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-b.html |
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_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-d.html |
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