Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (repost)
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 By Gordon S. Wood
Publisher: O U P 2009 | 800 Pages | ISBN: 0195039149 | PDF | 3 MB
Publisher: O U P 2009 | 800 Pages | ISBN: 0195039149 | PDF | 3 MB
A new addition to the Oxford History of the United States, Wood's superb book brings together much of what historians now know about the first quarter-century of the nation's history under the Constitution. Acknowledged as the leading historian of the period, Wood brings authority and easy style to a tough task—wrestling into order a period of unusual anxiety, confusion, crisis and unbridled growth in the nation's affairs. The emergence of democracy and individualism is his overarching theme. No surprise there, for he's the author of a celebrated work (The Radicalism of the American Revolution) on just that topic.