American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence

Maier, Pauline

ISBN 10: 0679454926 / ISBN 13: 9780679454922

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997

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304 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 36288

Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679454926
• ISBN 13: 9780679454922
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good to Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A history professor reveals the origins of the Declaration's ideas and phrases, unravels the story of its drafting, follows its role in the nineteenth century, and explores the implications of its treatment as a sacred text. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

About the Author

Pauline Maier was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.  She received her B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1960, was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics in 1960-61, and took her Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1968.  She has taught at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts (Boston), University of Wisconsin, Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she has been William R. Kenan, Junior, Professor of American History since 1990.  She is the author of From Resistance to Revolution, The Old Revolutionaries, and The American People: A History, a single-authored text for junior high school, as well as numerous other articles and reviews.