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.
... 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 of Flanders [ extracts ] ( January 4 , 1790 ) 187 The ...
... United States asserted against King George III in 1776. More broadly , independence implies national distinc- tiveness and difference . Over time , separation and uniqueness nourish a sense of exceptionalism , especially for a country ...
... United States bicentennial in 1976 , when scholars published a collection of independence documents from around the world that included declarations of independence as well as various other instruments of independence , such as ...
... United States in international affairs , however , makes resistance to thinking of its history in global terms especially glaring . The world beyond America has always shaped the United States- -as it also formed its pre - revolutionary ...
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 |