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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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The Prompter, Or, A Commentary on Common Sayings & Subjects, which are Full of Common Sense, the Best Sense in the World
Author: Noah Webster
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Publisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Prompter; Or a Commentary on Common Sayings and Subjects. [By Noah Webster.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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American Bibliography: 1793-1794
Author: Charles Evans
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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American Bibliography: 1790-1792
Author: Charles Evans
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Common Sense
Author: Sophia Rosenfeld
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674061284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine’s vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolution. And today, common sense—the wisdom of ordinary people, knowledge so self-evident that it is beyond debate—remains a powerful political ideal, utilized alike by George W. Bush’s aw-shucks articulations and Barack Obama’s down-to-earth reasonableness. But far from self-evident is where our faith in common sense comes from and how its populist logic has shaped modern democracy. Common Sense: A Political History is the first book to explore this essential political phenomenon. The story begins in the aftermath of England’s Glorious Revolution, when common sense first became a political ideal worth struggling over. Sophia Rosenfeld’s accessible and insightful account then wends its way across two continents and multiple centuries, revealing the remarkable individuals who appropriated the old, seemingly universal idea of common sense and the new strategic uses they made of it. Paine may have boasted that common sense is always on the side of the people and opposed to the rule of kings, but Rosenfeld demonstrates that common sense has been used to foster demagoguery and exclusivity as well as popular sovereignty. She provides a new account of the transatlantic Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions, and offers a fresh reading on what the eighteenth century bequeathed to the political ferment of our own time. Far from commonsensical, the history of common sense turns out to be rife with paradox and surprise.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674061284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine’s vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolution. And today, common sense—the wisdom of ordinary people, knowledge so self-evident that it is beyond debate—remains a powerful political ideal, utilized alike by George W. Bush’s aw-shucks articulations and Barack Obama’s down-to-earth reasonableness. But far from self-evident is where our faith in common sense comes from and how its populist logic has shaped modern democracy. Common Sense: A Political History is the first book to explore this essential political phenomenon. The story begins in the aftermath of England’s Glorious Revolution, when common sense first became a political ideal worth struggling over. Sophia Rosenfeld’s accessible and insightful account then wends its way across two continents and multiple centuries, revealing the remarkable individuals who appropriated the old, seemingly universal idea of common sense and the new strategic uses they made of it. Paine may have boasted that common sense is always on the side of the people and opposed to the rule of kings, but Rosenfeld demonstrates that common sense has been used to foster demagoguery and exclusivity as well as popular sovereignty. She provides a new account of the transatlantic Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions, and offers a fresh reading on what the eighteenth century bequeathed to the political ferment of our own time. Far from commonsensical, the history of common sense turns out to be rife with paradox and surprise.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Author index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The Long Journey of Noah Webster
Author: Richard M. Rollins
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512805661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512805661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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The Cambridge History of American Literature
Author: William Peterfield Trent
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The Cambridge History of American Literature: Colonial and revolutionary literature. Early national literature, pt. I
Author: William Peterfield Trent
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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