Morgan, Edmund S.  1916-2013 <br/><br/>
Inventing the people :  the rise of popular sovereignty in England and America / 
Edmund S. Morgan. 
 - New York ;  London :  W. W. Norton & Company,  c1998. 
 - 318 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. Origin.<br/>Ch. 1. The divine right of kings.<br/>Ch. 2. The enigma of representation.<br/>Ch. 3. Inventing sovereign people.<br/>Ch. 4. The people's two bodies.<br/>Ch. 5. The cautious revolution.<br/>Ch. 6. Colonial peoples --<br/>Pt. 2.  Useful ambiguities.<br/>Ch. 7. The people in arms: the invincible yeoman.<br/>Ch. 8. The people's choice: elections and electioneering.<br/>Ch. 9. The people's voice: instructions, petitions, associations --<br/>Pt. 3. The American way.<br/>Ch. 10. The incautious revolution.<br/>Ch. 11. Inventing and American people --<br/>Epilogue. From deference to leadership. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393306231 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Representative government and representation--History--Great Britain<br/>Representative government and representation--History--United Stated<br/>Sovereignty--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.1