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18 produkter
Common Sense
Av Thomas Paine, Isaac Kramnick
Häftad, 1982
117 kr
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Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's Common Sense became an immediate best-seller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established …
Federalist Papers
Av Alexander Hamilton, James Madison m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
152 kr
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Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended …
Common Sense
Av Thomas Paine, Isaac Kramnick
Häftad, 2004
96 kr
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings …
Democracy in America
And Two Essays on America
Av Alexis Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick
Häftad, 2003
209 kr
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One of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracy In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America, a …
Portable Edmund Burke
Av Edmund Burke, Isaac Kramnick
Häftad, 1999
283 kr
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The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late eighteenth century, Burke shook Parliament with his powerful defense of the American …
Portable Enlightenment Reader
Av Isaac Kramnick, Isaac Kramnick
Häftad, 1996
239 kr
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The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and …
Thomas Paine Reader
Av Thomas Paine, Isaac Kramnick m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
166 kr
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This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's major …
Federalist Papers
Av Alexander Hamilton, James Madison m. fl.
E-bok, 1987
113 kr
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Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended …
Democracy in America
And Two Essays on America
Av Alexis Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick
E-bok, 2003
125 kr
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One of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracy In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America, a …
Common Sense
Av Thomas Paine, Isaac Kramnick
E-bok, 2004
79 kr
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings …
Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic
Atheists in American Public Life
Av Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore
Inbunden, 2018
285 kr
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God occupies our nation’s consciousness, even defining to many what it means to be American. Nonbelievers have often had second-class legal status and have had to fight for their rights as citizens.As R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick demonstrate in their sharp and convincing work, avowed …
Godless Constitution
A Moral Defense of the Secular State
Av Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore
Häftad, 2005
279 kr
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The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical …
Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic
Atheists in American Public Life
Av Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore
Häftad, 2019
156 kr
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If the First Amendment protects the separation of church and state, why have atheists had to fight for their rights? In this valuable work, R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick reveal the fascinating history of atheism in America and the legal challenges to federal and state laws that made atheists …
Cornell
A History, 1940–2015
Av Glenn C. Altschuler, Isaac Kramnick
Inbunden, 2014
609 kr
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In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of …
Bolingbroke and His Circle
The Politics of Nostalgia in the Age of Walpole
Häftad, 1992
362 kr
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"Behind this study lie two questions. Why is Bolingbroke, known primarily as a rationalist philosopher of the Enlightenment, so worshipped by English conservatives who are themselves, since Burke, so set against what the Enlightenment represents in political, social, and religious thought? The …
Portable Edmund Burke
Av Edmund Burke, Isaac Kramnick
E-bok, 1999
281 kr
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The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late eighteenth century, Burke shook Parliament with his powerful defense of the American …
Portable Enlightenment Reader
E-bok, 1995
306 kr
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The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and …
100 Most Notable Cornellians
Av Glenn C. Altschuler, Isaac Kramnick m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
431 kr
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"Cornell is unique among American research universities and in the Ivy League.... It aspires to the ideals of Ezra Cornell, who founded an institution 'where any one person could find instruction in any study.'... Cornell has played a distinctive role in democratizing higher education, while …
