{"product_id":"the-ideological-origins-of-the-american-revolution-fiftieth-anniversary-edition-9780674975651","title":"The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fiftieth-anniversary edition of the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize-winning classic.  One cannot claim to understand the Revolution without having read this book. New York Times Book Review  This book influenced an entire generation of historians. For many  it remains the most persuasive interpretation of the Revolution. Gordon S. Wood  Wall Street Journal  Awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes  The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation  it was enlarged in a second edition to include the nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution  hence exploring not only the Founders initial hopes and aspirations but also their struggle to implement their ideas in constructing the national government.  In a preface he wrote for this fiftieth-anniversary edition  Bernard Bailyn reconsidered key features of the book and highlighted the Founders profound concern with power. In pamphlets  letters  newspapers  and sermons  they returned again and again to the problem of the uses and misuses of powerthe great benefits of power when gained and used by popular consent and the political and social devastation when acquired by those who seize it by force or other means and use it for their personal benefit.  This fiftieth-anniversary edition has been welcomed by readers long familiar with Bailyns work and has introduced a new generation to a study that remains required reading for anyone seeking to understand the nations historical roots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665889222709,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674975650","price":74.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674975651.jpg?v=1782412918","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ideological-origins-of-the-american-revolution-fiftieth-anniversary-edition-9780674975651","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}