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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787
by Gordon S. Wood
Wood's foundational study of how republican ideology evolved into the Constitution. Dense, Bancroft-winning, the scholarly bedrock.
Read it if…
you want the deepest account of founding political thought.
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Skip it if…
you want a popular history.
Try instead: The Idea of America →
Three things you will actually use
- Ideas change under pressure.
- 1787 was a transformation.
- Read the sources.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the Critical Period.
Our verdict
Wood's foundation.
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