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_aMorgan, Edmund S.
_d1916-2013
_q(Edmund Sears),
245 1 0 _aInventing the people :
_bthe rise of popular sovereignty in England and America /
_cEdmund S. Morgan.
260 _aNew York ;
_aLondon :
_bW. W. Norton & Company,
_cc1998.
300 _a318 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aPt. 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.
520 _aIt 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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_aRepresentative government and representation
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
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_aRepresentative government and representation
_zUnited Stated
_xHistory
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_aSovereignty
_xHistory
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