{"product_id":"common-sense-and-other-writings-9780393978704","title":"Common Sense and Other Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Thomas Paine and the Revolutionary Enlightenment, 1770s-1790s  \u003cp\u003eThe Texts of Common Sense and Other Writings\u003c\/p\u003e Common Sense (1776)\u003cbr\u003e  The American Crisis #6, October 20, 1778\u003cbr\u003e From Rights of Man, Part First, February 1791\u003cbr\u003e Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet, January 15, 1793\u003cbr\u003e Shall Louis XVI Have Respite? January 19, 1793\u003cbr\u003e Agrarian Justice (1797)  \u003cp\u003eContexts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[Second Continental Congress] • A Declaration . . . Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms, July 1775\u003cbr\u003e [Pennsylvania General Assembly] • An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, March 1, 1780\u003cbr\u003e Quobna Ottobah Cugoano • From Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species (1787)\u003cbr\u003e Richard Price • A Discourse on the Love of Our Country (1789)\u003cbr\u003e James Madison • On Perpetual Peace, February 2, 1792\u003cbr\u003e Will Chip, a Country Carpenter [Hannah More] • Village Politics: Addressed to All the Mechanics, Journeymen, and Day-Labourers, in Great Britain (1793)\u003cbr\u003e George Washington • Farewell Address, September 19, 1796\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert A. Ferguson • The Commonalities of Common Sense\u003cbr\u003e Nathan R. Perl-Rosenthal • The \"Divine Right of Republics\": Hebraic Republicanism and the Debate over Kingless Government in Revolutionary America\u003cbr\u003e Gary Kates • From Liberalism to Radicalism: Tom Paine's Rights of Man\u003cbr\u003e Gregory Claeys • From The Origins of the Rights of Labor: Republicanism, Commerce, and the Construction of Modern Social Theory in Britain, 1796-1805\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525177778519,"sku":"9780393978704","price":20.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393978704.jpg?v=1731859532","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/common-sense-and-other-writings-9780393978704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}