The Confederation and the Constitution: The Critical Issues

by Gordon S. Wood

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1 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Gordon Stewart Wood, Ph.D. (History, Harvard University, 1964; M.A., History, Harvard U.; B.A., Tuffts University, 1955), was an American historian and academic who was Professor of History at Brown University. Previously he taught at Harvard University, University of Michigan, and the College of William and Mary, and was Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University, 1982–83.

He was a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.

Reviews

[James Violand · Rating 3 out of 5]

The why and how we changed our form of government. Every high school government class should read this short informative work.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wood died 4 days ago
and I added this very good short book to my pile of more trashy history books to read one day

1973 The Confederation and the Constitution: The Critical Issues

if you read 15 pages a day you can read his one in less than two weeks

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It's the 15th book by Wood I would recommend to people for some very good writings on American History