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Book Audiobook 2011

The Idea of America

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Publisher
Penguin Audio
Published
2011
  • Politics and government
  • Democracy
  • Influence
  • United States
  • Republicanism
  • History
  • Politique et gouvernement
  • Républicanisme

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.