A New Nation: From its First to its 25th Year
421 views · Published 19 October 2009 · 6:47 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Brown University · 2009 · Education
With the publication of his latest book on October 16, Professor Emeritus of History Gordon Wood adds a thought-provoking volume to the Oxford History of the United States. Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown library, talks to Wood about the early development of the new democratic society and what surprised the Founding Fathers.
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