Thread: American War of Independence and Founding
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:07 PM   #4
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I'm looking for good introductory books on how the USA was founded and set up politically after the AWI. I've added the Constitution, Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers to my Amazon wishlist, but I was wondering what else you would recommend? Particularly regarding how the Founders were suspicious of mass democracy which influenced their setting up of the Republic.
There are a lot of good books

The Quartet: Orchestration the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 - Joseph Ellis
American Creation - Joseph Ellis
Founding Brothers - Joseph Ellis (he won the Pulitzer for this one)
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