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 (p. [339]-371) 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.
9781594202902
2010045829
Democracy--United States.
Republicanism--United States.
United States.--Constitution
United States--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
E302.1 / .W77 2011
973.3
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 (p. [339]-371) 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.
9781594202902
2010045829
Democracy--United States.
Republicanism--United States.
United States.--Constitution
United States--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
E302.1 / .W77 2011
973.3