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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Armitage, David, 1965- Declaration of Independence. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)607843811 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Armitage |
| ISBN: | 0674022823 9780674022829 9780674030329 067403032X |
| OCLC Number: | 71173909 |
| Notes: | Thomas Jefferson Foundation notes: One Reading Room copy signed by author. Examines the American Declaration of Independence in a global context, as a political, legal, and intellectual document and product of the late eighteenth century. Looks at more than one hundred declarations of independence written since 1776 to show the influence and role the U.S. Declaration of Independence has played in creating a world of states out of a world of empires. Discusses why the framers' language of natural rights did not resonate in Britain, how the document was interpreted by the rest of the world, whether the Declaration established a new nation or a collection of states, and where and how the Declaration has had an overt influence on independence movements since then. Includes the text of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and sample declarations from around the world. ch. 1. The world in the Declaration of Independence -- ch. 2. The Declaration of Independence in the world -- ch. 3. A world of declarations -- Conclusion. ... Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- Thomas Jefferson's "Original rough draft" of the Declaration of Independence -- In Congress, July 4, 1776. A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled -- [Jeremy Bentham,] Short review of the declaration (1776) -- Manifesto of the Province of Flanders [extracts] (January 4, 1790) -- The Haitian Declaration of Independence (January 1, 1804) -- The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (July 5, 1811) -- Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (October 28, 1835) -- The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas (March 2, 1836) -- A Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia (July 16, 1847) -- Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation (October 18, 1918) -- Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (September 2, 1945) -- Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948) -- The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Southern Rhodesia); (November 11, 1965). |
| Description: | vi, 300 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- Thomas Jefferson's "original rough draft" of the Declaration of independence -- In Congress, July 4, 1776 : A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled -- Short review of the Declaration (1776) / Jeremy Bentham -- Manifesto of the Province of Flanders [extracts] (January 4, 1790) -- The Haitian Declaration of independence (January 1, 1804) -- The Venezuelan Declaration of independence (July 5, 1811) -- Declaration of the independence of New Zealand (October 28, 1835) -- The Unanimous declaration of independence made by the delegates of the people of Texas (March 2, 1836) -- A Declaration of independence by the representatives of the people of the Commonwealth of Liberia (July 16, 1847) -- Declaration of independence of the Czechoslovak Nation (October 18, 1918) -- Declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (September 2, 1945) -- Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948) -- The Unilateral declaration of independence (Southern Rhodesia) (November 11, 1965). |
| Responsibility: | David Armitage. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 17566 |
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