Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence - Couverture souple

Jefferson, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0394727355 ISBN 13 : 9780394727356

Editeur : Random House USA Inc, 1979

Synopsis

Book by Wills Garry

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society. "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has . . . The results are little short of astonishing" (Edmund S. Morgan New York Review of Books ).

Revue de presse

“No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has. . . . The results are little short of astonishing.” —Edmund S. Morgan, The New York Review of Books

“The best and most thorough analysis of the Declaration ever written.” —David Brion Davis, The New York Times Book Review

“A scintalling tour de force of historical detective work.” —Time

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House USA Inc
• Date d'édition: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394727355
• ISBN 13: 9780394727356
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 398
• Éditeur: Wills Garry
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