The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

By: Bernard Bailyn

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a postscript. Here he discusses the intense nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution.

This detailed study of the persistence of the nation's ideological origins adds a new dimension to the book and projects its meaning forward into vital current concerns.

©1992 The President and Fellows of Harvard College (P)2017 Tantor

Excellent content. Tough to Follow on Audio.

A great book of substance and scholarship. Detailed analysis makes it tough to track his flow of thought.

The most comprehensive analysis of Colonial thought and motivation

The best exposition of the thought, analysis, and planning that lead to the creation of The United States.

The details and clear explanations

One cannot underline passages nor easily flip between flagged pages in an Audible book

Required for citizens, politicians and jurists

Bailyn discourses on the ideological basis for the U. S. Revolution and the structure of government for a democratic republic of checks and balances. Bailyn cracks open the whole and analyzes energetically the parts. My only criticism of the Audible is Tom Perkins as a narrator. His strident nasal voice and clipped speech tried my ears almost beyond patience and endurance. Surely there could be some other person with a a smoother and more articulate sensitivity to have been selected. Perkins invaded the exposition. His edgy, bombastic tone distorts and assaults one’s concentration. This is an illuminating and compelling book. It deserves a better narrator.

Tedious on audio

Very interesting material, but very hard to follow and maintain interest on audio. Like listening to someone read a textbook.