J C D Clark

Thomas Paine

Britain, America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

J.C.D. Clark demythologizes the history of Thomas Paine, understanding the impact he has had on modern human rights, democracy, and internationalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 865g
• ISBN-13: 9780198816997
• ISBN-10: 0198816995
• Artikelnr.: 49776317

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Clark was educated as an historian at Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Peterhouse. At Oxford he was a Fellow of All Souls College, and in the United States was a Visiting Professor at the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago. Latterly he has been Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. His special interests are in the 'long eighteenth century', 1660-1832, on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the themes of religion and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the Age of Paine?
PART I. DISCOURSES AND CONTEXTS
1: Contexts and biography
2: Pathways of political change: from (anti-)Jacobite to Jacobin
3: Discourses and their exponents
PART II. TEXTS AND CONTINGENCIES
4: The unexpected revolution: America, 1774-1787
5: The unexpected revolution: France, 1787-1802
6: Paine, religion, and politics: the Deist legacy
PART III. DIVERGENCES AND LEGACIES
7: Receptions and reinterpretations: Paine's lasting influence
8: Conclusion: the Age of Revolution, the Enlightenment and the dynamics of reforming traditions
Appendix: Paine de-attributions
Bibliography
Index