Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 04.09.2007 - 432 Seiten A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... England , and he ends with a discussion of the dispersal of Paine's body parts and the recent campaign to locate and reassemble them . Nelson includes interesting excursions into topics like medicine , the publishing industry , and most ...
... England , and he ends with a discussion of the dispersal of Paine's body parts and the recent campaign to locate and reassemble them . Nelson includes interesting excursions into topics like medicine , the publishing industry , and most ...
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... England Penguin Ireland , 25 St Stephen's Green , Dublin 2 , Ireland ( a division of Penguin Books Ltd ) Penguin Group ( Australia ) , 250 Camberwell Road , Camberwell , Victoria 3124 , Australia ( a division of Pearson Australia Group ...
... England Penguin Ireland , 25 St Stephen's Green , Dublin 2 , Ireland ( a division of Penguin Books Ltd ) Penguin Group ( Australia ) , 250 Camberwell Road , Camberwell , Victoria 3124 , Australia ( a division of Pearson Australia Group ...
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... despots , ruling by the powers given them by a perversion of the law of England . ” In Philadelphia he taught English to Parisians fleeing the French Revolution ; their horrific accounts , combined with his own 2 THOMAS PAINE.
... despots , ruling by the powers given them by a perversion of the law of England . ” In Philadelphia he taught English to Parisians fleeing the French Revolution ; their horrific accounts , combined with his own 2 THOMAS PAINE.
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... England would fail , and when the following year the bank indeed suspended cash payments , Cobbett realized that he had found the political and philosophical fount he had been looking for all his life . " At his expiring flambeau , " he ...
... England would fail , and when the following year the bank indeed suspended cash payments , Cobbett realized that he had found the political and philosophical fount he had been looking for all his life . " At his expiring flambeau , " he ...
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... England's Pitt the Younger . While a Tory Federalist living in Philadelphia , Cobbett had attacked this group of do - gooders , claiming that their " humanity , like that of all the reforming philosophers of the present enlightened day ...
... England's Pitt the Younger . While a Tory Federalist living in Philadelphia , Cobbett had attacked this group of do - gooders , claiming that their " humanity , like that of all the reforming philosophers of the present enlightened day ...
Inhalt
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Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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