A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders' attempts to forge an American democracy.
- ISBN10 1594202907
- ISBN13 9781594202902
- Publish Date 12 May 2011 (first published 1 May 2011)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint The Penguin Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English