Inventing the people : the rise of popular sovereignty in England and America / Edmund S. Morgan.
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TextPublication details: New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, c1998.Description: 318 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780393306231
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Includes index.
Pt. 1. Origin.
Ch. 1. The divine right of kings.
Ch. 2. The enigma of representation.
Ch. 3. Inventing sovereign people.
Ch. 4. The people's two bodies.
Ch. 5. The cautious revolution.
Ch. 6. Colonial peoples --
Pt. 2. Useful ambiguities.
Ch. 7. The people in arms: the invincible yeoman.
Ch. 8. The people's choice: elections and electioneering.
Ch. 9. The people's voice: instructions, petitions, associations --
Pt. 3. The American way.
Ch. 10. The incautious revolution.
Ch. 11. Inventing and American people --
Epilogue. From deference to leadership.
It makes the case that America has remained politically stable because the Founding Fathers invented the idea of the American people and used it to impose a government on the new nation. It shows how the notion of popular sovereignty has worked in our history and remains a political force today.
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