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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787

Gordon S. Wood

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/2011
Pages: 675
Subject: History | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807899816

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One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.--New York Times Book Review

"During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.--William and Mary Quarterly

"[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.--New England Quarterly

"This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.--Wesley Frank Craven

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