The Rights of Man and Common Sense - Brossura

Paine, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 1844673804 ISBN 13: 9781844673803

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2009

Riassunto

Acclaimed historian Peter LInebaugh provides an original examination of Paine's works and legacy in the introduction to these two influential arguments for liberty of political thought--including Common Sense, which inspired the American Revolution, and The Rights of Man, a defense of the French Revolution. Original.

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Recensione:

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. --Tom Paine

With a stirring essay by Peter Linebaugh, this edition of Paine's peerless defences of revolution - and attacks on patronage and corruption - should be compulsory reading for every MP. --Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

L'autore:

Thomas Paine was a writer and revolutionary.

Peter Linebaugh is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He writes extensively on British history, Irish history, labor history and the history of the colonial Atlantic. His books include The Magna Carta Manifesto, The Many-Headed Hydra and The London Hanged, and he contributes frequently to CounterPunch.

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• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844673804
• ISBN 13: 9781844673803
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Redattore: Kimpell Jessica