Download or read book Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America written by Edmund S. Morgan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1989-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the origins of democratic government in England and the U.S. compares their approaches, and discusses elections and the philosophical background of political representation.