The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 by Edmund S Morgan

The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 by Edmund S Morgan

In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom and eventually led to the Revolution. Morgan demonstrates that these principles were not abstract doctrines of political theory but grew instead out of the immediate needs and experiences of the colonists. They were held with passionate conviction, and incorporated, finally, into the constitutions of the new American states and of the United States. Though the basic theme of the book and his assessment of what the Revolution achieved remain the same, Morgan has updated the revised edition of The Birth of the Republic (1977) to include some textual and stylistic changes as well as a substantial revision of the Bibliographic Note. Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History emeritus at Yale University. His many books include The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles; The Challenge of the American Revolution; and Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America.

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ISBN 13	9780226537573
ISBN 10	0226537579
Title	The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89
Author	Edmund S Morgan
Series	The Chicago History Of American Civilization
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	1993-02-01
Number of pages	224
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