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

Paine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844673804 ISBN 13: 9781844673803

Publisher: Verso Books, 2009

Synopsis

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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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).

Edition details

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