Publication

2018-05-22 - Oxford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

128,000 words, Guess

Page Count

512 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100198816995
  • ISBN-139780198816997
  • OCLC Control Number1019669314
  • Better World Books9780198816997
  • Open LibraryOL27847281M

Classifications

  • LCCJC177.A4
  • LCCJC177.A4 C53 2018

Description

"Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was England's greatest revolutionary: no other reformer was as actively involved in events of the scale of the American and French Revolutions, and none wrote such best-selling texts with the impact of Common Sense and Rights of Man. No one else combined the roles of activist and theorist, or did so in the 'age of revolutions', fundamental as it was to the emergence of the 'modern world'. But his fame meant that he was taken up and reinterpreted for current use by successive later commentators and politicians, so that the 'historic Paine' was too often obscured by the 'usable Paine'."--Page 4 of cover.

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Other Editions

  • Thomas Paine: Britain, America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment and RevolutionHardcoverOxford University Press2018-05-22

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