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Representation in the American Revolution (Jamestown Essays on Representation)
Gordon S. Wood
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Description for Representation in the American Revolution (Jamestown Essays on Representation)
Paperback. Examines the ways in which a government is created and how, in the face of great difficulties as well as great possibilities, its citizens are represented. Presenting political and constitutional history, this book can serve as an introduction to issues of representation for students in the fields of political science, as well as history and law. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
From one of America's most celebrated historians, the Pulitzer Prize winner Gordon S. Wood, comes an early work whose relevance is undiminished. Originally published in 1969, now revised and with a new preface, ""Representation in the American Revolution"" examines the ways in which a government is created and how, in the face of great difficulties as well as great possibilities, its citizens are represented. Written immediately after the completion of Wood's Bancroft Award - winning ""The Creation of the American Republic"", this book elaborates on issues also explored in that landmark work.The subject is one that lies at the heart ... Read more
From one of America's most celebrated historians, the Pulitzer Prize winner Gordon S. Wood, comes an early work whose relevance is undiminished. Originally published in 1969, now revised and with a new preface, ""Representation in the American Revolution"" examines the ways in which a government is created and how, in the face of great difficulties as well as great possibilities, its citizens are represented. Written immediately after the completion of Wood's Bancroft Award - winning ""The Creation of the American Republic"", this book elaborates on issues also explored in that landmark work.The subject is one that lies at the heart ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927220
SKU
V9780813927220
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About Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University. He is a regular contributor to the New Republic and the New York Review of Books and is the author of numerous best-selling books, including most recently Revolutionary Characters and The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.
Reviews for Representation in the American Revolution (Jamestown Essays on Representation)
Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is simply the best. - Philadelphia Inquirer ""Easily one of the top historians of the American Revolution in current practice."" - Booklist