This classic work is a study of that transformation. Gordon Wood describes in rich detail the evolution of political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution and in the process greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system. In a new preface, Wood discusses the debate over republicanism that has developed since - and as a result of - the book''s original publication in 1969.
^Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press: The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Institute of Early American History and Culture Staff and Gordon S. Wood (1998, Paperback)ISBN 9780807847237 (revised Mar 2020)