Wood, Gordon S(tewart)

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WOOD, Gordon S(tewart)

WOOD, Gordon S(tewart). American, b. 1933. Genres: History, Politics/ Government. Career: University Professor and Professor of History, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1969-. Fellow, Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, 1964-66; Asst Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1966-67; Assoc Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-69. Pitt Professor, University of Cambridge, 1982-83; member of several boards of trustees. Publications: Representation in the American Revolution, 1969; The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, 1969, 1990; (co-author) The Great Republic, 1977; The Confederation and the Constitution: The Critical Issues, 1979; Evangelical America and Early Mormonism, 1980; The Making of the Constitution, 1987; The Radicalism of the American Revolution, 1992 (Pulitzer Prize for history, 1993); The American Revolution, 2002. Address: Dept of History, Brown University, 142 Angel St, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.