Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 2007 M09 4 - 432 páginas 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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... Society , Philadelphia ; Bruce Kirby , Manuscript Division , the Library of Congress , Washington , D.C .; Jean Archdeacon and Janet Broughton , Ambrose Barker Paine Collection , Nor- folk County Council Library , Thetford ; Esme Evans ...
... Society , Philadelphia ; Bruce Kirby , Manuscript Division , the Library of Congress , Washington , D.C .; Jean Archdeacon and Janet Broughton , Ambrose Barker Paine Collection , Nor- folk County Council Library , Thetford ; Esme Evans ...
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... Society, Philadelphia; Bruce Kirby, Manuscript Division, the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Jean Archdeacon and Janet Broughton, Ambrose Barker Paine Collection, Norfolk County Council Library, Thetford; Esme Evans and Ann Mills ...
... Society, Philadelphia; Bruce Kirby, Manuscript Division, the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Jean Archdeacon and Janet Broughton, Ambrose Barker Paine Collection, Norfolk County Council Library, Thetford; Esme Evans and Ann Mills ...
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... society , becoming a friend ( or an ally ) to the century's greatest lumi- naries : Benjamin Franklin , George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Ben- jamin Rush , James Monroe , Georges - Jacques Danton , Jacques - Pierre Brissot ...
... society , becoming a friend ( or an ally ) to the century's greatest lumi- naries : Benjamin Franklin , George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Ben- jamin Rush , James Monroe , Georges - Jacques Danton , Jacques - Pierre Brissot ...
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... society , science , and politics were each undergoing a staggering upheaval that would reorder the course of history , producing in the midst of this barbaric , feudal society what could only be considered a wholly new culture ...
... society , science , and politics were each undergoing a staggering upheaval that would reorder the course of history , producing in the midst of this barbaric , feudal society what could only be considered a wholly new culture ...
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... society of London itself out of the courts of the boorish Hanoverians and into the coffeehouses , chocolate houses , and taverns of the middle class ( which be- came nicknamed " tattling universities " ) . Soon enough , men like ...
... society of London itself out of the courts of the boorish Hanoverians and into the coffeehouses , chocolate houses , and taverns of the middle class ( which be- came nicknamed " tattling universities " ) . Soon enough , men like ...
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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 Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
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