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The Declaration of Independence: A Global History

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Description for The Declaration of Independence: A Global History Paperback. Looking at the American Declaration of Independence, this book reveals the document through the eyes of the rest of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.

In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, David Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow.

Armitage examines the Declaration as a political, legal, and intellectual document, and is the first to treat it entirely within a broad international framework. He shows how the Declaration arose within a global moment in the late eighteenth century similar to our own. He uses ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674030329
SKU
V9780674030329
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About David Armitage
David Armitage is Professor of History at Harvard University.

Reviews for The Declaration of Independence: A Global History
More so than the Constitution…the Declaration has also become a global document, a piece of intellectual and political common property that has transcended the circumstances of its creation and perhaps even the intentions of its authors. Surprisingly, this afterlife has not received systematic and ‘global’ treatment by historians, and David Armitage is to be congratulated on his concise and well-written ... Read more

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