Bibliograph

The idea of America, reflections on the birth of the United States, Gordon S. Wood

Type

Label

The idea of America, reflections on the birth of the United States, Gordon S. Wood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The idea of America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

678537224

Responsibility statement

Gordon S. Wood

Sub title

reflections on the birth of the United States

Table Of Contents

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

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