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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... being argued more than two hundred years later . And , if the journalistic cre- dos of speaking truth to power , comforting the afflicted , and afflicting the comfortable have a godhead , that would have to be The Mission of Atonement.
... being argued more than two hundred years later . And , if the journalistic cre- dos of speaking truth to power , comforting the afflicted , and afflicting the comfortable have a godhead , that would have to be The Mission of Atonement.
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... hundred of its passengers ( one - third the manifest ) died of starvation , their bodies shedded to Atlantic tombs . Added to these perils was the era's woeful state of medical science , un- changed since Galen's second - century theory ...
... hundred of its passengers ( one - third the manifest ) died of starvation , their bodies shedded to Atlantic tombs . Added to these perils was the era's woeful state of medical science , un- changed since Galen's second - century theory ...
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... hundred crimes punishable by death , with theft the most common capital offense , and executions meted out even when the accused was starving , and even for remarkably petty gains ( a handkerchief ; twenty shillings ; a box of tea ) ...
... hundred crimes punishable by death , with theft the most common capital offense , and executions meted out even when the accused was starving , and even for remarkably petty gains ( a handkerchief ; twenty shillings ; a box of tea ) ...
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... hundred years , and those inland dunes can still be seen . Today the region is home to paper mills and turkey farms and a thriving community of expatriate Portuguese , but in Pain's day it was a center of malt grain and metalwork ...
... hundred years , and those inland dunes can still be seen . Today the region is home to paper mills and turkey farms and a thriving community of expatriate Portuguese , but in Pain's day it was a center of malt grain and metalwork ...
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... hundred guineas to apprentice with a London grocer , three hun- dred pounds to join a brewery or pharmacy , and six hundred for banking or surgery Thomas ended his formal education and his one chance to escape the destiny of his ...
... hundred guineas to apprentice with a London grocer , three hun- dred pounds to join a brewery or pharmacy , and six hundred for banking or surgery Thomas ended his formal education and his one chance to escape the destiny of his ...
Contenido
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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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