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Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
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Author:
Gordon S. Wood
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Date:
September 1, 2021
In this new book, historian Gordon S. Wood distills a lifetime of work on constitutional innovations during the Revolutionary era. He illuminates critical events in the nation's founding, ranging from the imperial debate that led to the Declaration of Independence to the revolutionary state constitution making in 1776 and the creation of the Federal Constitution in 1787.
What The Reviewers Say
... masterly.
The Pulitzer and Bancroft winner delivers another masterful book of Revolutionary War–era history.
Pulitzer winner Wood (Friends Divided) surveys the 'politics and constitution-making' of the Revolutionary era in this astute if somewhat familiar history based on a series of lectures he gave at Northwestern University in 2019.
