Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution

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Gordon S. Wood earned the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution.

In this major work of historical, cultural, social, and political analysis, Gordon Wood overturns long held theories about the nature and effects of the American Revolution. He shows that it was not, as has often been claimed, a conservative movement, a defense against British encroachments on American rights. To the contrary, it was as radical as any revolution in modern history and produced a society that was free and democratic far beyond anything thought possible or desirable by the founding fathers.

Wood demonstrates that it was, overall, the energy, effort, and accomplishments of ordinary people – hundreds of thousands of them working hard to get ahead – that caused the United States to emerge as a prosperous, commercial, egalitarian, middle-way society unlike any that had previously existed in the world.

Very good in dust jacket. Uncommonly clean.

Wood, Gordon S. The Radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 2nd printing, 447(2)p.