Author: Thomas PainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Libel)
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Genuine Trial of Thomas Paine
Author: Thomas PainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Libel)
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Rights of Man
Author: Thomas PaineThe Genuine Trial of Thomas Paine, for a Libel Contained in the Second Part of Rights of Man
Author: Thomas PainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of the press
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Great Debate
Author: Yuval LevinPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465040942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the basis of our political order and Washington's acrimonious rifts today, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, progressivism, and the debate between them truly amount to.
Common Sense
Author: Thomas PaineCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine
Author: Thomas PainePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101219505
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A volume of Thomas Paine's most essential works, showcasing one of American history's most eloquent proponents of democracy. Upon publication, Thomas Paine’s modest pamphlet Common Sense shocked and spurred the foundling American colonies of 1776 to action. It demanded freedom from Britain—when even the most fervent patriots were only advocating tax reform. Paine’s daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and, consequently, the Revolutionary War. For “without the pen of Paine,” as John Adams said, “the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” Later, his impassioned defense of the French Revolution, Rights of Man, caused a worldwide sensation. Napoleon, for one, claimed to have slept with a copy under his pillow, recommending that “a statue of gold should be erected to [Paine] in every city in the universe.” Here in one volume, these two complete works are joined with selections from Pain's other major essays, “The Crisis,” “The Age of Reason,” and “Agrarian Justice.” Includes a Foreword by Jack Fruchtman Jr. and an Introduction by Sidney Hook
The Genuine Trial of Thomas Paine, for a Libel Contained in the Second Part of Rights of Man
Author: Archibald MacDonaldPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376388626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
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The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Author: Christopher HitchensPublisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts a devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger, whose ambitions and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.
Tom Paine's Iron Bridge
Author: Edward G GrayPublisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN: 9781606188996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a letter to his wife, Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having "a better hand at pulling down than building." Adams's dismissive remark has helped shape the prevailing view of Tom Paine ever since. But, as Edward G. Gray shows in this fresh, illuminating work, Paine was a builder. He had a clear vision of success for his adopted country. It was embodied in an architectural project that he spent a decade planning: an iron bridge to span the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia. When Paine arrived in Philadelphia from England in 1774, the city was thriving as America's largest port. But the seasonal dangers of the rivers dividing the region were becoming an obstacle to the city's continued growth. Philadelphia needed a practical connection between the rich grain of Pennsylvania's backcountry farms and its port on the Delaware. The iron bridge was Paine's solution. The bridge was part of Paine's answer to the central political challenge of the new nation: how to sustain a republic as large and as geographically fragmented as the United States. The iron construction was Paine's brilliant response to the age-old challenge of bridge technology: how to build a structure strong enough to withstand the constant battering of water, ice, and wind. The convergence of political and technological design in Paine's plan was Enlightenment genius. And Paine drew other giants of the period as patrons: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and for a time his great ideological opponent, Edmund Burke. Paine's dream ultimately was a casualty of the vicious political crosscurrents of revolution and the American penchant for bridges of cheap, plentiful wood. But his innovative iron design became the model for bridge construction in Britain as it led the world into the industrial revolution.
Author: Thomas Paine