Common sense and related writings
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Common sense and related writings
(The Bedford series in history and culture)
Bedford/St. Martin's, c2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is one of the most important primary documents of the Revolutionary era. This edition of the pamphlet is unique in its inclusion of selections from Paine's other writings from 1775 and 1776 - additional essays that contextualize Common Sense provide unusual insight on both the writer and the cause for which he wrote. The volume introduction focuses on Paine's childhood and early adult years in England, arguing for the significance of personal experience, environment, career, and religion in understanding Paine's influential political writings. The volume also includes a glossary, a chronology, illustrations, a selected bibliography, and questions for consideration.
Table of Contents
Foreword.- Preface.- A Note on the texts.- PART I: INTRODUCTION: THOMAS PAINE'S AMERICA.- Young Tom Paine.- Growing up.- Excise man.- Passages.- Slavery.- British Army.- Marriage and Women.- Common Sense.- Publication and circulation.- Equality.- The Bible.- Ideas.- Propaganda.- The Forester.- Radical politics.- An American Crisis.- Thomas Paine's future.- PART II: DOCUMENTS.- 'African Slavery in America'.- 'A Serious Thought'.- 'A Dialogue between General Wolfe and General Gage in a Wood near Boston'.- 'Thoughts on a Defensive War'.- 'Reflections on Unhappy Marriages'.- 'An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex'.- Common Sense
'The Forester', number 1.- An American Crisis, number 1.- APPENDICES .- A Thomas Paine.- Chronology.- Questions for Consideration.- Selected Bibliography.- Index.
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