The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History, by Gordon S. Wood
Wood himself has definite views about the nature of the past that are as much theoretical impositions as those of the writers he challenges.
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How Not To Write American History
The American past is filled with high drama, and it is tragic if this drama is not conveyed to the reader…
15. The Glorious Revolution and its Aftermath
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.” Pages 131-143 in the text,
14. The Aftermath of Bacon’s Rebellion in the Other Southern Colonies
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.” Pages 126-130 in the text,
12. Maryland
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.” Pages 114-120 in the text,
13. The Carolinas
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.” Pages 121-125 in the text,
