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Thomas Paineby Gregory Claeys
Routledge 2002; US$ 46.95"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 work (and one of the best-known political tracts of all time) the Rights of Man. He is careful, however, to place this work in the context of the evolution... more...
Thomas Paine and the Literature of Revolutionby Edward Larkin
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00Thomas Paine was a skilled and sophisticated writer and thinker who transformed political literature in the late eighteenth century by creating a new literature of politics that bridged political philosophy and the everyday, common-sensical knowledge of ordinary people. more...
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaby Thomas Paine; Jack Fruchtman Jr.
Penguin Group Inc. 2003; US$ 6.99Paine's daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes " The Crisis ," " The Age of Reason ," and " Agrarian Justice ." more...
My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Togetherby Vikki Vickers
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 103.00A biography of Thomas Paine, this book establishes who he was, what he believed, why he believed, and how his beliefs and personal history are reflected in his political activism. more...
Works of Thomas Paineby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 5.99Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. Common Sense. The American Crisis. The Rights of Man. The Age of Reason. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe''s Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up. Appendix:. Thomas Paine Biography. About and Navigation. more...
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writingsby Thomas Paine; Mark Philp
Oxford University Press, UK 1998; US$ 8.95Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution, while his Rights of Man sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout the world. This collection brings together Paine's most powerful political writings in the first fully annotated edition of these works. - ;`An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot . . . it will march on the horizon of the world and it will conquer.'. Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his Rights of Man (1791-2) was the most famous defence of the French Revolution and sent out a clarion call for... more...
Thomas Paineby Mark Philp
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 8.95Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The Very Interesting People series includes the following titles:. 1.William Shakespeare by Peter Holland. 2. George Eliot by Rosemary Ashton. 3. Charles Dickens by Michael Slater. 4. Charles Darwin by Adrian Desmond, James Moore, and Janet Browne. 5. Isaac Newton by Richard S.Westfall. 6. Elizabeth I by Patrick Collinson. 7. George... more...
The Rights of Manby Thomas Paine
The Floating Press 1791; US$ 4.99Written in a fit of pique brought about by Edmund Burke's blistering attack of the French Revolution, Paine's The Rights of Man has come to be regarded as one of the most important works in the realm of Western political philosophy. In it, Paine contends that some rights that are granted through natural law, rather than by governments or constitutions. A must-read for those interested in politics, philosophy, and the intersection of the two. more...
Common Senseby Thomas Paine
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood; forgoing the philosophy and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...
The Rights of Manby Thomas Paine
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Rights of Man (1787), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's anti-democratic attack upon popular government in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...









