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Nonfiction · Political history

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

Bernard Bailyn

1967 · 432 pages

Colonists rebelled because they believed London was conspiring to destroy their liberty. Reading hundreds of pamphlets, Bailyn showed that ideas made the Revolution. A generation of historians rewrote the founding on his terms.

★ 6.7

Nonfiction · Political philosophy

The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

1788 · 648 pages

Hamilton, Madison, and Jay wrote eighty-five essays to sell New York on the Constitution, arguing that a large republic tames factions and that ambition must counteract ambition. Courts still quote them.

★ 7.3

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

The Federalist Papers