by Gordon S. Wood
Recommended by Mark Pitcavage
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in American History, History, and Nonfiction.
During the Revolutionary era, American political theory underwent a fundamental transformation that carried the nation out of a basically classical and medieval world of political discussion into a milieu that was recognizably modern. This classic work is a study of that transformation. Gordon Wood describes in rich detail the evolution of politica...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in American History, History, and Nonfiction.
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Mark Pitcavage
“If you ever get a chance, one of the best books ever written on American history is Gordon Wood's The Creation of the American Republic, which details the key influence of radical whig ideology/republicanism on the formation of the U.S.”
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