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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... 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 the Province ...
... ( July 16 , 1847 ) 217 Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation ( October 18 , 1918 ) 225 Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam ( September 2 , 1945 ) 231 Declaration of the Establishment of the ...
... July 4 , 1826 , two weeks after sending this letter . He had written it in the tones of a prophetic utterance surveying past and future from the very brink of death . He surely intended the letter to be made public , and so it soon was ...
... July then and since.' The Declaration of Independence may have acquired special significance for Americans , but its power as a symbol was po- tentially global in extent , as Jefferson's prophecy in 1826 af- firmed . Even during the ...
... July 5 , 1776 , as a single - sheet broad- side for distribution and display . The printer of this version of the Declaration was a native Irishman , twenty - nine - year - old John Dunlap , who had migrated to Philadelphia from Tyrone ...
Inhalt
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 |