The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787

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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 is a landmark work of American political and intellectual history that analyzes the ideological origins and constitutional transformation of the United States between the Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
academicDiscipline history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
analyzes debates over the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
debates over the United States Constitution ⓘ
republican ideology in early America ⓘ
author Gordon S. Wood ⓘ
awarded Bancroft Prize ⓘ
John H. Dunning Prize ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines changing conceptions of sovereignty ⓘ
fear of corruption in early American politics ⓘ
relationship between republicanism and democracy ⓘ
role of virtue in republican theory ⓘ
shift from classical republicanism to liberalism ⓘ
state constitutions after independence ⓘ
focusesOn constitutional transformation of the United States ⓘ
ideological origins of the American Revolution ⓘ
transition from colonial to national political structures ⓘ
genre intellectual history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasEdition hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
influenced interpretations of the framing of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
scholarship on the ideological origins of the American Revolution ⓘ
isConsidered landmark work in American intellectual history ⓘ
landmark work in American political history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive analysis of political discourse between 1776 and 1787 ⓘ
emphasis on ideas and ideology over social and economic factors ⓘ
pages approximately 675 ⓘ
partOfSeries Institute of Early American History and Culture series ⓘ
placeOfPublication Chapel Hill ⓘ
publicationYear 1969 ⓘ
publisher University of North Carolina Press ⓘ
subject American Revolution ⓘ
American political thought ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
targetAudience scholars ⓘ
students of American history ⓘ
students of constitutional law ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1776–1787 ⓘ

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Gordon S. Wood → notableWork → The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 ⓘ
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 ⓘ