Paine: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) - Hardcover

Paine, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521366658 ISBN 13: 9780521366656

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Born in Norfolk in 1737, Thomas Paine was arguably the single most influential political writer in the English-speaking world during the great upheavals of the American and French Revolutions. For presentation in the acclaimed Cambridge Texts series the distinguished intellectual historian Bruce Kuklick brings together all the classic texts--Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason--as well as the first of Paine's papers on The Crisis of 1776. The customary series features--a brief chronology, notes for further reading, and a succinct and lucid introduction to the principal themes of each text--are all appended.

About this title

Book Description

Thomas Paine was arguably the single most influential political writer during the American and French Revolutions. For this revised and updated edition the distinguished intellectual historian Bruce Kuklick brings together an expanded collection of the classic Paine texts--Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason--as well as the first of Paine's papers on The Crisis of 1776. A brief chronology, updated notes for further reading, and a succinct and lucid introduction to the principal themes of each text give further help to the student reader.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521366658
• ISBN 13: 9780521366656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Kuklick Bruce