Inventing the People by Edmund S Morgan
This book makes the provocative case here that America has remained politically stable because the Founding Fathers invented the idea of the American people and used it to impose a government on the new nation. His landmark analysis shows how the notion of popular sovereignty--the unexpected offspring of an older, equally fictional notion, the divine right of kings--has worked in our history and remains a political force today.
"[A] provocative new study. . . In a series of brilliant chapters, [Morgan] probes the myths that sustained eighteenth-century American notions of liberty." -- Keith Thomas - New York Review of Books
"Edmund S. Morgan . . . [is] a man with a rare gift for telling the story of the past simply and elegantly without sacrificing its abundant complexity. . . . The story he tells is of enormous interest and importance." -- Pauline Meier - New York Times Book Review
"Edmund S. Morgan . . . [is] a man with a rare gift for telling the story of the past simply and elegantly without sacrificing its abundant complexity. . . . The story he tells is of enormous interest and importance." -- Pauline Meier - New York Times Book Review
Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy’s Gold Medal. He was the author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many other books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393306231 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393306232 |
| Title | Inventing the People |
| Author | Edmund S Morgan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1990-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Bancroft Prize 1989 |
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