The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Norton Library,)

I. The Ideology Of Revolution. 1. The Whig Science Of Politics -- 2. Republicanism -- 3. Moral Reformation -- Ii. The Constitution Of The States. 4. The Restructuring Of Power -- 5. The Nature Of Representation -- 6. Mixed Government And Bicameralism -- Iii. The People Against The Legislatures. 7. Law And Contracts -- 8. Conventions Of The People -- 9. The Sovereignty Of The People -- Iv. The Critical Period. 10. Vices Of The System -- 11. Republican Remedies -- V. The Federal Constitution. 12. The Worthy Against The Licentious -- 13. The Federalist Persuasion -- Vi. The Revolutionary Achievement. 14. The Relevance And Irrelevance Of John Adams -- 15. The American Science Of Politics. By Gordon S. Wood. Reprint. Originally Published: Chapel Hill : University Of North Carolina Press, 1969. Includes Bibliographical References. This classic work explains the evolution of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it illuminates the origins of the present American political system The American Revolution has always seemed to be an extraordinary kind of revolution, and no more so than to the Revolutionaries themselves.