Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution--and his Rights of Man (1791-2), the most famous defense of the French Revolution, sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout the world. Paine
paid the price for his principles: he was outlawed in Britain, narrowly escaped execution in France, and was vilified as an atheist and a Jacobin on his return to America.
This new edition contains the complete texts of both Rights of Man and Common Sense, as well as six other powerfully political writings--American Crisis I, American Crisis XIII, Agrarian Justice, Letter to Jefferson, Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation, and Dissertation on
the First Principles of Government--all of which illustrate why Paine's ideas still resonate in the modern welfare states of today.
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics),Thomas Paine,Mark Philp,Oxford University Press, USA,0192835572,Early works to 1800,History,History & Theory - General,History: American,Political,Political science,Politics / Current Events,United States - Colonial Period,United States - Revolutionary War,History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800),History, American | Colonial & Revolutionary,Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies,Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries,Political science & theory,Revolutions & coups,USA,World history: c 1750 to c 1900,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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