The Roots Of Democracy: American Thought And Culture, 1760-1800

In The Roots of Democracy Robert E. Shalhope traces the dramatic shifts in attitudes and behavior from before the Revolution, through the war itself, and then on to the confederation period, the creation of republican governments, the making of the Constitution and the conflicts of the 1790s.

Robert E. Shalhope is George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Department of History at Oklahoma University.