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Common Sense (American Library)
Thomas Paine
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Description for Common Sense (American Library)
Paperback. Draws principles of fundamental human rights. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's Common Sense became an immediate best-seller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States. From his experience of revolutionary politics, Paine drew those principles of fundamental human rights which, he felt, must stand no matter what excesses are committed to obtain them, and which he later formulated in his Rights of Man.
Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's Common Sense became an immediate best-seller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States. From his experience of revolutionary politics, Paine drew those principles of fundamental human rights which, he felt, must stand no matter what excesses are committed to obtain them, and which he later formulated in his Rights of Man.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140390162
SKU
V9780140390162
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About Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was born in1737 at Thetford, Norfolk in England, as a son of a Quaker. He immigrated to America in 1774. There he published works criticising the slavery and supporting American independence. He became very popular but returned to England where he became involved in the French Revolution. After that he returned to America where he died in 1802. ... Read more
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