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001 2010045829
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008 101103s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781594202902
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn678537224
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050 00 $aE302.1$b.W77 2011
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100 1 $aWood, Gordon S.
245 14 $aThe idea of America :$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.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tConstitution.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRepublicanism$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2010045829-d.html