<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The most important study of the American Revolution to appear in over twenty years ... a landmark book. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>A breathtaking social, political, and ideological analysis. This book will set the agenda for discussion for some time to come. --Richard L. Bushman<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. His books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>The Radicalism of the American Revolution</i>, the Bancroft Prize-winning <i>The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin</i>, and <i>The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History</i>. He writes frequently for <i>The New York Review of Books</i> and <i>The New Republic</i>.
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