The Declaration of Independence: A Global HistoryHarvard University Press, 15.01.2007 - 300 Seiten In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, David Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow. |
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... rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Cataloging - in - Publication Data available from the Library of Congress ISBN - 10 : 0-674-02282-3 Contents Introduction 1. The World in the Declaration of Independence.
... Congress , July 4 , 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America , in General Congress Assembled I 25 63 103 139 145 157 165 [ Jeremy Bentham , ] Short Review of the Declaration ( 1776 ) 173 Manifesto of ...
... probably also have been im- ported from Britain . 22 The Declaration would not be signed until late July and early August 1776. Fifty - five delegates to Congress nine of whom had been born in Britain or Ireland , and over 12 Introduction.
... Congress and dated July 4 , 1776 , was a " declaration " ( as it called itself , in both its printed and manuscript versions ) , and that what it de- clared , first and foremost , was " independence . " Once it had done so , and after ...
... Congress had been generally called the " United Colonies . " Yet the earliest printed text of the document was explicitly called " A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America , in General Congress Assembled ...
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The World in the Declaration of Independence | 25 |
The Declaration of Independence in the World | 63 |
A World of Declarations | 101 |
Conclusion | 137 |
Declarations of Independence 17761993 | 143 |
Thomas Jeffersons Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence | 155 |
In Congress July 4 I776 A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress Assembled | 163 |
Jeremy Bentham Short Review of the Declaration 1776 | 171 |
Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand October 28 1835 | 207 |
The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas March 2 1836 | 209 |
of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia July 16 1847 | 215 |
Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation October 18 1918 | 223 |
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam September 2 1945 | 229 |
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel May 14 1948 | 235 |
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence Southern Rhodesia November 11 1965 | 241 |
Notes | 247 |
Manifesto of the Province of Flanders extracts January 4 1790 | 185 |
The Haitian Declaration of Independence January 1 1804 | 191 |
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence July 5 1811 | 197 |
Acknowledgments | 285 |
Index | 289 |