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The Radicalism of the American Revolution

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize Winner

By Gordon S. Wood

By Gordon S. Wood

By Gordon S. Wood

By Gordon S. Wood

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Mar 02, 1993 | ISBN 9780679736882

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Aug 24, 2011 | ISBN 9780307758965

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    About The Radicalism of the American Revolution

    In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

    About The Radicalism of the American Revolution

    In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

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    Also by Gordon S. Wood

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    The Purpose of the Past
    Revolutionary Characters
    The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
    See all books by Gordon S. Wood

    About Gordon S. Wood

    Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University. His 1969 book, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787, received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes and was nominated for the National… More about Gordon S. Wood

    About Gordon S. Wood

    Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University. His 1969 book, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787, received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes and was nominated for the National… More about Gordon S. Wood

    Product Details

    Category: Colonial/Revolutionary War History | Politics | World History

    Paperback | $21.00
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 02, 1993 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679736882

    Category: Colonial/Revolutionary War History | Politics | World History

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 24, 2011 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9780307758965

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    Praise

    “The most important study of the American Revolution to appear in over twenty years … a landmark book.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “A breathtaking social, political, and ideological analysis. This book will set the agenda for discussion for some time to come.” —Richard L. Bushman

    Awards

    Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award WINNER 1992

    Pulitzer Prize WINNER 1993

    Table Of Contents

    I. Monarchy

    1. Hierarchy
    2. Patricians and Plebeians
    3. Patriarchal Dependence
    4. Patronage
    5. Political Authority

    II. Republicanism

    6. The Republicanization of Monarchy
    7. A Truncated Society
    8. Loosening the Bands of Society
    9. Enlightened Paternalism
    10. Revolution
    11. Enlightenment
    12. Benevolence

    III. Democracy

    13. Equality
    14. Interests
    15. The Assault on Aristocracy
    16. Democratic Officeholding
    17. A World Within Themselves
    18. The Celebration of Commerce
    19. Middle-Class Order

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