Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815

Gordon S. Wood, Brown University Professor of History and Chair of the National Constitution Center’s Distinguished Scholars Advisory Panel, discusses the Founders’ attitudes and beliefs about aristocracy in America, where “titles of nobility” are prohibited by the Constitution, but where aristocratic elements of privilege and power nevertheless have survived. The men who espoused the radical idea that all are created equal shared the tradition of British aristocracy, and Wood will examine how their beliefs differed from or mirrored those held in England, which beliefs have lingered, and what their effects have been.

F.M. Kirby Auditorium
National Constitution Center
Independence Mall
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19106 

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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Hardcover)

By Gordon S. Wood

$35.00

ISBN-13: 9780195039146
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Oxford University Press, USA, 10/01/2009

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