{"product_id":"to-begin-the-world-anew-the-genius-and-ambiguities-of-the-american-founders-paperback","title":"To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Bailyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn has distilled a lifetime of study into this brilliant illumination of the ideas and world of the Founding Fathers. In five succinct essays he reveals the origins, depth, and global impact of their extraordinary creativity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe opening essay illuminates the central importance of America's provincialism to the formation of a truly original political system. In the chapters following, he explores the ambiguities and achievements of Jefferson's career, Benjamin Franklin's changing image and supple diplomacy, the circumstances and impact of the \u003ci\u003eFederalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, and the continuing influence of American constitutional thought throughout the Atlantic world. \u003cb\u003eTo Begin the World Anew \u003c\/b\u003eenlivens our appreciation of how America came to be and deepens our understanding of the men who created it.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn has distilled a lifetime of study into this brilliant illumination of the ideas and world of the Founding Fathers. In five succinct essays he reveals the origins, depth, and global impact of their extraordinary creativity. \u003cbr\u003eThe opening essay illuminates the central importance of America's provincialism to the formation of a truly original political system. In the chapters following, he explores the ambiguities and achievements of Jefferson's career, Benjamin Franklin's changing image and supple diplomacy, the circumstances and impact of the \"Federalist Papers, and the continuing influence of American constitutional thought throughout the Atlantic world. To Begin the World Anew enlivens our appreciation of how America came to be and deepens our understanding of the men who created it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernard Bailyn did his undergraduate work at Williams College and his graduate work at Harvard, where he is currently Adams University Professor Emeritus and director of the International Seminar on the Atlantic World. His previous books include \u003cb\u003eThe New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eEducation in the Forming of American Society;\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePamphlets of the American Revolution, 1750-1776\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e, which received the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes in 1968; \u003cb\u003eThe Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the 1975 National Book Award for History; \u003cb\u003eVoyagers to the West\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987; and \u003cb\u003eFaces of Revolution: Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53059968172365,"sku":"9780375713088","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Hl5PBbZWXw9780375713088.webp?v=1766537727","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/to-begin-the-world-anew-the-genius-and-ambiguities-of-the-american-founders-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}