The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
by Wood, Gordon S.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-08-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary
One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution. "New York Times Book Review"During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic, ' this is surely one. "William and Mary Quarterly"ÝA¨ brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation. "New England Quarterly"This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history. Wesley Frank Craven
Table of Contents
| Preface to the 1998 Edition | p. v |
| Preface | p. xv |
| The Ideology of Revolution | |
| The Whig Science of Politics | p. 3 |
| Republicanism | p. 46 |
| Moral Reformation | p. 91 |
| The Constitution of the States | |
| The Restructuring of Power | p. 127 |
| The Nature of Representation | p. 162 |
| Mixed Government and Bicameralism | p. 197 |
| The People against the Legislatures | |
| Law and Contracts | p. 259 |
| Conventions of the People | p. 306 |
| The Sovereignty of the People | p. 344 |
| The Critical Period | |
| Vices of the System | p. 393 |
| Republican Remedies | p. 430 |
| The Federal Constitution | |
| The Worthy against the Licentious | p. 471 |
| The Federalist Persuasion | p. 519 |
| The Revolutionary Achievement | |
| The Relevance and Irrelevance of John Adams | p. 567 |
| The American Science of Politics | p. 593 |
| A Note on Sources | |
| Select List of Full Titles | |
| Index | |
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