“One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.” — New York Times Book Review
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“[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.” — New England Quarterly
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Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University.
This classic work explains the evolution of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system.
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