Vickers My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together

Thomas Paine and the American Revolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-135-92157-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 196 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

It is the study of how Thomas Paine's religious beliefs shaped his political ideology and influenced his political activism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vickers, Vikki

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Pennsylvania Magazine
2. The Devil's Advocate: Thomas Paine and The Making of Common Sense
3. Why Thomas Paine?
4. The Origins and Significance of Thomas Paine's Religious Beliefs

5. "One God and No More": The Strange Mission of Thomas Paine

Conclusion

Appendix: Common Sense: An Historiographical Overview

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vikki J. Vickers is Assistant Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She is the author of The American Revolution: America's First War (2006).