{"product_id":"9780913966594","title":"E Pluribus Unum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An extraordinary book.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gordon S. Wood, Brown University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving won independence from England, America faced a new question: Would this be politically one nation, or would it not? \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eE Pluribus Unum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a spirited look at how that question came to be answered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat the American people introduced a governmental system adequate to check the very forces unleashed by the Revolution—this, writes Professor McDonald, \"was the miracle of the age. . . . The French, the Russians, the Italians, the Germans, all the planet's peoples in their turn, would become so unrestrained as to lose contact with sanity. The Americans might have suffered a similar history had they followed the lead of those who, in 1787 and 1788, spoke in the name . . . of popular 'rights.' But there were giants on the earth in those days, and they spoke in the name of the nation. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForrest McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034135609584,"sku":"9780913966594","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780913966594_p0.jpg?v=1763869611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780913966594","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}