The Idea of America (Center Point Platinum Nonfiction)

by Gordon S. Wood

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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