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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... passing Gagging Acts and a suspension of habeas corpus , forcing him once again to leave England for the United States . He returned to what he now believed was an American paradise , mercifully untainted by the English Thing . Just a ...
... passing Gagging Acts and a suspension of habeas corpus , forcing him once again to leave England for the United States . He returned to what he now believed was an American paradise , mercifully untainted by the English Thing . Just a ...
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... passed through Bolton , the town crier an- nounced the arrival of Mr. Thomas Paine , and was consequently jailed for nine weeks . When Cobbett at last arrived in London and explained to the world his grand vision , the reaction was not ...
... passed through Bolton , the town crier an- nounced the arrival of Mr. Thomas Paine , and was consequently jailed for nine weeks . When Cobbett at last arrived in London and explained to the world his grand vision , the reaction was not ...
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... passing . and gentry The Pains lived among the two thousand farmers , unskilled laborers , in- dentured servants , apprentices , journeymen , master craftsmen , merchants , gentry of Thetford , a thousand - year - old East Anglia town ...
... passing . and gentry The Pains lived among the two thousand farmers , unskilled laborers , in- dentured servants , apprentices , journeymen , master craftsmen , merchants , gentry of Thetford , a thousand - year - old East Anglia town ...
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... passed five minutes of my life however circumstanced in which I did not ac- quire some knowledge . " Drinking , smoking , and arguing in St. Paul's Coffee - House at the Club of Honest Whigs into all hours of the night , he likely met ...
... passed five minutes of my life however circumstanced in which I did not ac- quire some knowledge . " Drinking , smoking , and arguing in St. Paul's Coffee - House at the Club of Honest Whigs into all hours of the night , he likely met ...
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... passed the exam and was assigned to gauge casks in Grantham . On August 18 , 1764 , he was promoted to the Alford Out - Ride in Lincolnshire , fighting Dutch gin owlers along the coast and be- coming so familiar with this landscape that ...
... passed the exam and was assigned to gauge casks in Grantham . On August 18 , 1764 , he was promoted to the Alford Out - Ride in Lincolnshire , fighting Dutch gin owlers along the coast and be- coming so familiar with this landscape that ...
Inhalt
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12 | |
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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