The Rights of Man and Common Sense (Revolutions) - Softcover

Paine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844673804 ISBN 13: 9781844673803

Publisher: Verso Books, 2009

Synopsis

Acclaimed historian of revolution introduces the manifesto that inspired the American Revolution, on the 200th anniversary of its author's death. Published to commemorate the bicentennial of Thomas Paine's death, these texts have remained two of the most influential arguments for liberty in political thought. "Common Sense" is a pamphlet that Paine wrote in support of American independence. Due to its original and simple style it spread like wildfire through the colonies, inspiring the American Revolution. "The Rights of Man" is Paine's passionate defense of the French Revolution that led to his trial for sedition and libel. The acclaimed historian Peter Linebaugh provides an original examination of Paine's thought and legacy.

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Review:

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. --Tom Paine

With a stirring essay by Peter Linebaugh, this edition of Paine's peerless defences of revolution - and attacks on patronage and corruption - should be compulsory reading for every MP. --Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

About the Author:

Peter Linebaugh is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. Once a student of E.P. Thompson he is the author of The London Hanged (1991), co-editor, with Doug Hay and E.P. Thompson, of Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England (1975), and co-author with Marcus Rediker, The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. His latest book is The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All (2008).

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844673804
• ISBN 13: 9781844673803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Kimpell Jessica