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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... 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 and Ann ...
... 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 and Ann ...
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... 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, the ...
... 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, the ...
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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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... Philadelphia scion and American founding father Benjamin Rush as " Doctor Sangrado , " and denounced his widespread use of bloodletting as a form of medical Terror . Rush sued for libel and ( perhaps assisted by the judge's close ...
... Philadelphia scion and American founding father Benjamin Rush as " Doctor Sangrado , " and denounced his widespread use of bloodletting as a form of medical Terror . Rush sued for libel and ( perhaps assisted by the judge's close ...
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... 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 , is of the speculative kind . It never breaks out into action ...
... 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 , is of the speculative kind . It never breaks out into action ...
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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