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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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An Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled Taxation No Tyranny
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate Vol. 2 1773-1776 (LOA #266)
Author: Various
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598534424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
Acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents the second volume in a stunning collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that divided an empire—and created a nation In 1764, in the wake of its triumph in the Seven Years War, Great Britain possessed the largest and most powerful empire the world had seen since the fall of Rome and its North American colonists were justly proud of their vital place within this global colossus. Just twelve short years later the empire was in tatters, and the thirteen colonies proclaimed themselves the free and independent United States of America. In between, there occurred an extraordinary contest of words between American and Britons, and among Americans themselves, which addressed all of the most fundamental issues of politics: the nature of power, liberty, representation, rights and constitutions, and sovereignty. This debate was carried on largely in pamphlets and from the more than a thousand published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period. Here, Gordon S. Wood has selected thirty-nine of the most interesting and important to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. This second of two volumes follows the course of the ultimate crisis that led from the Boston Tea Party to the final break, as the focus of debate turns from questions of representation and rights to the crucial issue of sovereignty. Here is a young Thomas Jefferson offering his radical Summary View of the Rights of British America; Samuel Johnson pronouncing Taxation no Tyranny and asking "How is that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negros?"; Edmund Burke trying to hold the empire together in his famous Speech on Conciliation; and Thomas Paine turning the focus of American animus from Parliament to king in the truly revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense. The volume includes an introduction, headnotes, a chronology of events, biographical notes about the writers, and detailed explanatory notes, all prepared by our leading expert on the American Revolution. As a special feature, each pamphlet is preceded by a typographic reproduction of its original title page. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598534424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
Acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents the second volume in a stunning collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that divided an empire—and created a nation In 1764, in the wake of its triumph in the Seven Years War, Great Britain possessed the largest and most powerful empire the world had seen since the fall of Rome and its North American colonists were justly proud of their vital place within this global colossus. Just twelve short years later the empire was in tatters, and the thirteen colonies proclaimed themselves the free and independent United States of America. In between, there occurred an extraordinary contest of words between American and Britons, and among Americans themselves, which addressed all of the most fundamental issues of politics: the nature of power, liberty, representation, rights and constitutions, and sovereignty. This debate was carried on largely in pamphlets and from the more than a thousand published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period. Here, Gordon S. Wood has selected thirty-nine of the most interesting and important to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. This second of two volumes follows the course of the ultimate crisis that led from the Boston Tea Party to the final break, as the focus of debate turns from questions of representation and rights to the crucial issue of sovereignty. Here is a young Thomas Jefferson offering his radical Summary View of the Rights of British America; Samuel Johnson pronouncing Taxation no Tyranny and asking "How is that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negros?"; Edmund Burke trying to hold the empire together in his famous Speech on Conciliation; and Thomas Paine turning the focus of American animus from Parliament to king in the truly revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense. The volume includes an introduction, headnotes, a chronology of events, biographical notes about the writers, and detailed explanatory notes, all prepared by our leading expert on the American Revolution. As a special feature, each pamphlet is preceded by a typographic reproduction of its original title page. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Catalogue of the books, manuscripts and engravings belonging to William Menzies
Author: William Menzies (of New York.)
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Belonging to William Menzies of New York
Author: William Menzies
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts and Engravings Belonging to W. Menzies of New York
Author: Joseph SABIN
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Belonging to William Menzies of New York
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385378540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385378540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History and Literature of America
Author: Henry Stevens (F.S.A., of Vermont.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Biblioteca Americana
Author: Henry Stevens
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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