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Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics)

By Thomas Paine

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1998
ISBN
0192835572, 9780192835574
Open Library ID
OL7384137M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23023224 bytes)
Pages
545\545
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution--and his Rights of Man (1791-2), the most famous defense of the French Revolution, sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout the world. Paine paid the price for his principles: he was outlawed in Britain, narrowly escaped execution in France, and was vilified as an atheist and a Jacobin on his return to America. This new edition contains the complete texts of both Rights of Man and Common Sense, as well as six other powerfully political writings--American Crisis I, American Crisis XIII, Agrarian Justice, Letter to Jefferson, Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation, and Dissertation on the First Principles of Government--all of which illustrate why Paine's ideas still resonate in the modern welfare states of today.

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