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Common Sense : A Political History /

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, uti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenfeld, Sophia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Ghost of Common Sense
  • Chapter 2. Everyman's Perception of the World
  • Chapter 3. The Radical Uses of Bon Sens
  • Chapter 4. Building a Common Sense Republic
  • Chapter 5. Making War on Revolutionary Reason
  • Chapter 6. Königsberg to New York
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index