{"title":"Edmund S. Morgan","description":"Edmund S. Morgan is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, a recipient of the 2000 National Humanities Medal, and past president of the Organization of American Historians. Among his many distinguished books are The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, The Challenge of the American Revolution, and American Slavery, American Freedom. His most recent book, Benjamin Franklin, has been a national best-seller.","products":[{"product_id":"inventing-the-people-the-rise-of-popular-sovereignty-in-england-and-america-paperback","title":"Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book makes the provocative case here 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. His landmark analysis shows how the notion of popular sovereignty--the unexpected offspring of an older, equally fictional notion, the \"divine right of kings\"--has worked in our history and remains a political force today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365896913119,"sku":"9780393306231","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VryDfWvD079780393306231.webp?v=1789073649"},{"product_id":"meaning-of-independence-john-adams-george-washington-and-thomas-jefferson-paperback","title":"Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmericans did not at first cherish the idea of political severance from their mother country. In just a few years, however, they came to desire indepen-dence above all else. What brought about this change of feeling and how did it affect the lives of their citizens? To answer these questions, Edmund S. Morgan looks at three men who may fairly be called the \"architects of independence,\" the first presidents of the United States. Anecdotes from their letters and diaries recapture the sense of close identity many early Americans felt with their country's political struggles. Through this perspective, Morgan examines the growth of independence from its initial declaration and discovers something of its meaning, for three men who responded to its challenge and for the nation that they helped create.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Independence, \u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1976, has become one of the standard short works on the first three presidents of the United States--George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. When the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the Organization of American Historians asked 1,500 historians to name the ten best books about George Washington, this book was one of those selected. In this updated edition, the author provides a new preface to address a few remaining concerns he has pondered in the quarter century since first publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTag: A classic work on the founding by the author of the bestselling Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366204014815,"sku":"9780813922652","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/49ue9fG1c99780813922652.webp?v=1789087961"},{"product_id":"the-stamp-act-crisis-prologue-to-revolution-paperback","title":"The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Impressive! . . . The authors have given us a searching account of the crisis and provided some memorable portraits of officials in America impaled on the dilemma of having to enforce a measure which they themselves opposed.' -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant contribution to the colonial field. Combining great industry, astute scholarship, and a vivid style, the authors have sought 'to recreate two years of American history.' They have succeeded admirably.' -- \u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Required reading for anyone interested in those eventful years preceding the American Revolution.' -- \u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. \u003ci\u003eThe Stamp Act Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366211322079,"sku":"9780807845134","price":72.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ni5cAY91LQ9780807845134.webp?v=1789088009"},{"product_id":"puritan-family-paperback","title":"Puritan Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Puritans came to New England not merely to save their souls but to establish a \"visible\" kingdom of God, a society where outward conduct would be according to God's laws. 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