To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian offers a series of illuminating profiles of the characteristics, achievements, political philosophy, influence, and ambiguities of some of the most important figures of the Revolutionary generation--including Jefferson, Franklin, and the authors of The Federalist--Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. 20,000 first printing.

Bernard Bailyn is currently Adams University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and director of the International Seminar on the Atlantic World.

Bernard 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 <i>The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century; Education in the Forming of American Society</i>; <i>Pamphlets of the American Revolution, 1750–1776</i>; <i>The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution</i>, which received the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes in 1968; <i>The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson</i>, which won the 1975 National Book Award for History; <i>Voyagers to the West</i>, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987; and <i>Faces of Revolution: Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence</i>.