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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... Britain's Post Office Secretary . When Cobbett then decried the army's use of flogging , he was tried and found guilty of sedition , and was sentenced to two years ' confine- ment in Europe's most notorious prison , Newgate . By the ...
... Britain's Post Office Secretary . When Cobbett then decried the army's use of flogging , he was tried and found guilty of sedition , and was sentenced to two years ' confine- ment in Europe's most notorious prison , Newgate . By the ...
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... Britain's never- ending warmongering to her escalating national debt , crushing taxes , and overreliance on paper money . Decline and Fall's author ominously pre- dicted that the Bank of England would fail , and when the following year ...
... Britain's never- ending warmongering to her escalating national debt , crushing taxes , and overreliance on paper money . Decline and Fall's author ominously pre- dicted that the Bank of England would fail , and when the following year ...
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... Britain were rejecting this vision- ary who had been threatened with execution , and who had suffered life- long exile from his native country , solely because he attempted to gain political powers for the common Englishman for the ...
... Britain were rejecting this vision- ary who had been threatened with execution , and who had suffered life- long exile from his native country , solely because he attempted to gain political powers for the common Englishman for the ...
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... Britain's swollen eastern belly . The Brecks see little rainfall , but host a great acreage of river , pond , lake , and marshland teeming with beaver , otter , whinchat , stone curlew , night- jar , and hen harrier , against a ...
... Britain's swollen eastern belly . The Brecks see little rainfall , but host a great acreage of river , pond , lake , and marshland teeming with beaver , otter , whinchat , stone curlew , night- jar , and hen harrier , against a ...
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... Britain , with battlefields in Europe , Africa , and India , on the oceans , and in the New World . In the end , the key to victory in the Seven Years War would turn out to be an enormous strategic debt incurred by the rheumy - eyed ...
... Britain , with battlefields in Europe , Africa , and India , on the oceans , and in the New World . In the end , the key to victory in the Seven Years War would turn out to be an enormous strategic debt incurred by the rheumy - eyed ...
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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