WOOD, Gordon S.
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States.
New York: The Penguin Press , 2011.
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"The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it": First Edition of The Idea of America; inscribed by Pulitzer Prize winning author Gordon S. Wood
First edition of this history of the American Revolution. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joe Green, Brown '64 with best wishes, Gordon S Wood." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss.
Gordon S. Wood is one of the most influential historians of the American Revolution and the early Republic, known for his profound analyses of the intellectual and ideological origins of the United States. A professor emeritus at Brown University, Wood has shaped the field through works such as The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787, which won the Bancroft Prize, and The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which received the Pulitzer Prize for History. In 'The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States', Wood examines the ideological foundations of the American Revolution and the enduring legacy of republicanism in the nation’s political culture. Drawing on decades of scholarship, Wood argues that the Revolution was not merely a colonial rebellion but a radical rethinking of authority, sovereignty, and civic virtue, rooted in Enlightenment ideals.
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States.
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