Wood, Gordon S.

The creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787by Gordon S. Wood. - Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press 1969. - 1 online resource (xiv, 653 pages) - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia .

Includes bibliographical references.

part I. The ideology of Revolution. The Whig science of politics ; Republicanism ; Moral reformation -- part II. The constitution of the states. The restructuring of power ; The nature of representation ; Mixed government and bicameralism -- part III. The people against the legislatures. Law and contracts ; Conventions of the people ; The sovereignty of the people -- part IV. The Critical period. Vices of the system ; Republican remedies -- part V. The Federal Constitution. The worthy against the licentious -- The Federalist persuasion -- part VI. The Revolutionary achievement. The relevance and irrelevance of John Adams ; The American science of politics.




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Political science--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

JA84 / .C743 1969