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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Publication date
August 1, 2011
Pages
542
Binding
Library
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781611731620
ISBN-10
1611731623
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.44 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$34.95
Other format details
large print
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Because the U.S. began as an idea, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. American identity is not based on any universally shared heritage, so we have had to return to our nation's founding to understand who we are. Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution's attempts to forge an American democracy, and traces the origins of American exceptionalism. What may simply seem like audacity now was considered radical in the 18th century. Today there exists what Wood calls a terrifying gap between the founders and us, such that it requires almost an act of imagination to fully recapture their era. Because we now take our democracy for granted, it is nearly impossible for us to appreciate how deeply the founders feared their grand experiment in liberty could evolve into monarchy or dissolve into mob rule. Gracefully written and filled with insight, The Idea of America helps us to
Editions
Hardcover
from Penguin Pr (May 12, 2011)
9781594202902 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $29.95
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (June 26, 2012)
9780143121244 | details & prices | 385 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $18.00
CD/Spoken Word
With Robert Fass (other contributor) |
from Penguin/Highbridge (May 12, 2011)
9780142429396 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $39.95
Library
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (August 1, 2011)
9781611731620 | details & prices | 542 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.44 lbs | List price $34.95
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