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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... Returning to London , Cobbett issued both The Porcupine ( Fear God : Honour the King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to Britain's Post Office Secretary ...
... Returning to London , Cobbett issued both The Porcupine ( Fear God : Honour the King ) and Cobbett's Political Register , which went undelivered until he stopped refusing to make kickback payoffs to Britain's Post Office Secretary ...
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... returned to what he now believed was an American paradise , mercifully untainted by the English Thing . Just a few decades before , there had existed a coterie of men ( and one woman ) known variously as progressives , radicals ...
... returned to what he now believed was an American paradise , mercifully untainted by the English Thing . Just a few decades before , there had existed a coterie of men ( and one woman ) known variously as progressives , radicals ...
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... returning to his progressive roots , he would have an almost religious conviction that the fount that had awakened him politically and philosophically one full and fi- nal time was in fact the true father of the United States - not a ...
... returning to his progressive roots , he would have an almost religious conviction that the fount that had awakened him politically and philosophically one full and fi- nal time was in fact the true father of the United States - not a ...
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... returned to the capital with the news that the French had refused to comply , and after a promotion to lieutenant colonel , he and a battalion were ordered to march to the Monongahela to reinforce British troops guarding the frontier ...
... returned to the capital with the news that the French had refused to comply , and after a promotion to lieutenant colonel , he and a battalion were ordered to march to the Monongahela to reinforce British troops guarding the frontier ...
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... returned to the docks , ready again for the great gamble of his age , signing on to crew for Captain Mendez and the ... returning to London on August 20 in triumph . His extant documents mention almost nothing about this wartime service ...
... returned to the docks , ready again for the great gamble of his age , signing on to crew for Captain Mendez and the ... returning to London on August 20 in triumph . His extant documents mention almost nothing about this wartime service ...
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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