Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings by Thomas Paine

Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings by Thomas Paine

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Thomas 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.

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Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings by Thomas Paine

Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his Rights of Man was the most famous defence of the French. He was an examplary democrat whise ideas still capture broadly the beliefs behind liberal welfare states today.
'OUP's excellent series continues with a collection from the Christopher Hitchens de ses jours' Guardian
Author of Paine in Past Masters, Mark Philp is Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Oriel College, Oxford.
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ISBN 13 9780199538003
ISBN 10 019953800X
Title Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings
Author Thomas Paine
Series Oxford World's Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2008-11-13
Number of pages 544
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