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"The best explanation that I have seen for our distinctive combination of faith, hope and naiveté concerning the governmental process." —Michael Kamman, Washington Post

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"[A] provocative new study. . . . In a series of brilliant chapters, [Morgan] probes the myths that sustained eighteenth-century American notions of liberty." -- Keith Thomas - New York Review of Books
"Edmund S. Morgan . . . [is] a man with a rare gift for telling the story of the past simply and elegantly without sacrificing its abundant complexity. . . . The story he tells is of enormous interest and importance." -- Pauline Meier - New York Times Book Review

Inventing the People The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America

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      Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
      Published 3 July 1990
      ISBN-13 9780393306231
      978-0393306231
      ISBN-10 0393306232
      Also in:
      Cultural studies Decolonisation Political ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "The best explanation that I have seen for our distinctive combination of faith, hope and naiveté concerning the governmental process." —Michael Kamman, Washington Post

      Trade Review
      "[A] provocative new study. . . . In a series of brilliant chapters, [Morgan] probes the myths that sustained eighteenth-century American notions of liberty." -- Keith Thomas - New York Review of Books
      "Edmund S. Morgan . . . [is] a man with a rare gift for telling the story of the past simply and elegantly without sacrificing its abundant complexity. . . . The story he tells is of enormous interest and importance." -- Pauline Meier - New York Times Book Review

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