Book review: Liberty in America: 1600 to the Present (Liberty and Power, 1600-1760, vol. 1). By Oscar & Lilian Handlin ; Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority of Rights. By John Phillip Reid ; Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity. Edited by Richard Beeman, Stephen Botein, and Edward C. Carter, II.

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Book review: Liberty in America: 1600 to the Present (Liberty and Power, 1600-1760, vol. 1). By Oscar & Lilian Handlin. New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row Publishers. 1986. Pp. xix, 280 ; Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority of Rights. By John Phillip Reid. Madison, Wi.: University of Wisconsin Press. Pp. ix, 374. 1986 ; Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity. Edited by Richard Beeman, Stephen Botein, and Edward C. Carter, II. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American Culture, Williamsburg, Va. Pp. x, 366. Reviewed by: John E. Semonche.