TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morgan,Edmund S.
TI  - Inventing the people: the rise of popular sovereignty in England and America 
SN  - 9780393306231
U1  - 320.1 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - United Stated
KW  - Sovereignty
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -