Demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to Americans in their struggle for independence. This book contains Paine's major works including "The Rights of Man", "Common Sense", and the first part of "The Age of Reason".
Demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to Americans in their struggle for independence. This book contains Paine's major works including "The Rights of Man", "Common Sense", and the first part of "The Age of Reason".
Thomas Paine (1737-1802) was born at Thetford, Norfolk in England, as a son of a Quaker. He immigrated to America in 1774. There he published works criticising the slavery and supporting American independence. He became very popular but returned to England where he became involved in the French Revolution. After that he returned to America, where he died. Isaac Kramnick is a professor of Government at Cornell University and has edited of The Federalist Papers and The Thomas Paine Reader.
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The Thomas Paine Reader - Edited by Michael Foot and Isaac Kramnick Editors' Introduction: The Life, Ideology and Legacy of Thomas Paine Paine's Writings: 1. The Case of the Officers of Excise (1772) 2. African Slavery in American (1775) 3. Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive (1775) 4. Liberty Tree (1775)5. Common Sense (1776) 6. The American Crisis (1776-83) 7. Public Good (1780) 8. Six Letters to Rhode Island (1782-3) 9. Letter to the Abbé Raynal (1782) 10. Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money (1786) 11. The Rights of Man (1791-2) 12. Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation (1792) 13. An Essay for the Use of New Republicans in Their Opposition to Monarchy (1792) 14. Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet (1793) 15. The Age of Reason, Part One (1794) 16. Dissertation on First Principles of Government (1795) 17. Agrarian Justice (1795) 18. Letter to George Washington (1795) 19. To the Citizens of the United States (1802-3) 20. The Construction of Iron Bridges (1803) 21. Constitutional Reform (1805)
The Thomas Paine Reader - Edited by Michael Foot and Isaac Kramnick Editors' Introduction: The Life, Ideology and Legacy of Thomas Paine Paine's Writings: 1. The Case of the Officers of Excise (1772) 2. African Slavery in American (1775) 3. Reflections on the Life and Death of Lord Clive (1775) 4. Liberty Tree (1775)5. Common Sense (1776) 6. The American Crisis (1776-83) 7. Public Good (1780) 8. Six Letters to Rhode Island (1782-3) 9. Letter to the Abbé Raynal (1782) 10. Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money (1786) 11. The Rights of Man (1791-2) 12. Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation (1792) 13. An Essay for the Use of New Republicans in Their Opposition to Monarchy (1792) 14. Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet (1793) 15. The Age of Reason, Part One (1794) 16. Dissertation on First Principles of Government (1795) 17. Agrarian Justice (1795) 18. Letter to George Washington (1795) 19. To the Citizens of the United States (1802-3) 20. The Construction of Iron Bridges (1803) 21. Constitutional Reform (1805)
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