Thomas Paine
Gregory. Claeys
Bok Engelsk 1989 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 1989.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (272 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Chronology; Introduction The age of Paine; 1 Apostle of liberty the life of Thomas Paine; 2 The cause of all mankind Paine and the American revolution; 3 Republicanism contested Burke's Reflections 1790 and the Rights of Man 1791 92; 4 Paine's achievement; 5 A great awakening the birth of the Revolutionary Party; 6 Inequality vindicated the government party; 7 Revolution in heaven The Age of Reason 1794 95; 8 Revolution in civilization Agrarian Justice 1797; Conclusion Political saint the legend of Thomas Paine; Bibliography; Index. - ""There can be no doubt that Gregory Claeys..has written by far the best study so far of the thought of Tom Paine...Claeys shows that he was a more significant political theorist than is usually admitted...This is a satisfying and authoritative book."" - Journal of The Historical Association Thomas Paine is the most comprehensive and incisive study of the social and political thought of one of the most important political writers of the modern era; it is also the first account to consider Paine with due seriousness as a political thinker. Gregory Claeys concentrates on Paine's most influential
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| ISBN | 0044450893. - 0044450907
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