The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

This volume describes the evolution of political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution and in the process greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system. In a new preface, he discusses the debate over republicanism that has developed since the book's original publication by UNC Press in 1969.