Book review: Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. Wood

One day, I had to try to explain to my aunt why my head is crazy (left end) that I do not think America will go down a slope. She made the establishment of America romantic. Historian Gordon S. Wood saw this in his book: Revolutionaries: Creator's Difference Gordon S. Wood

This book is in the subtitle: "What makes the founder different?" This is not a book explaining the founder's achievements and the historical timeline. You will understand their role and the essential difference between them and the following men (and women).

This book is not written for non-specialists who want to learn about the father of the founder, especially for other historians.

This book is an essay collection. More or less. Everyone is focusing on various revolutionary leaders and their roles, from George Washington to Thomas Paine.

Wood also talked about the reason (such as his theory) that there is no such leader today. Obviously it is just a theory, but it is still interesting to examine. While Americans are focusing on democracy and the will of ordinary people, the founder's father is an "intellectual aristocracy".

But as Mr. Wood has seen, Jefferson and Hamilton belong to the past like other founders: "In the progressive world of democracy, Providence and countless isolated, equally individuals, this He adds that extraordinary he is a bar embodying "what most American politicians will ultimately be - practical and get along with people".

The more I know about Aaron Burr, I feel that he was born in the early 20s or 30s. It is noteworthy that the politics of the 1880s and 1790s were very different from the political manipulation of the following year.

This is the only book I have read about Gordon S. Wood so far, but I think there are 6 to 7 books in my reading list. A revolutionary person: The creator of Gordon S. Wood is different from the wonderful choice of putting a revolutionary in its historical context.

I have just read Gordon Wood's new book, "The People of the Revolution: The Creator's Difference". Wood is the author of two early American historical classics, "Creation of the American Republic" and "radicalism of the American Revolution". He also wrote the very beautiful history of the American Revolution, and the biography of this Franklin that I have not read. He is a professor at the beginning of Brown's retirement. This book is a collection of essays. Madison recently published Franklin, but most of it was published somewhere else. Wood also gave us Jefferson, Washington, Pain, Adams, Bali, Hamilton. As he did not live in the republic of other giants, with respect to the Burr chapter, I found it to be the best, and to be used as a balance to other founders.

Gordon Wood, the main scholar of the revolutionary era, believes that the character of Burr contradicts other "founder", especially Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton. He believes this has led to his personal and political failure, which brought his position outside the golden circle of finally respected revolutionary figures. As Burr is accustomed to placing his own interests above the overall interests, these people think that Burr poses a serious threat to their ideal of revolution. Their ideals, especially the ideals of Washington and Jefferson, are "selfless politics", guided by gentlemen who have received education to perform their duties under the spirit of public virty regardless of individual interests or pursuits I will. This is the core of Enlightenment Gentleman who believes that he lacks the necessary core.