Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British Colonies
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Edition
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
17.05.2019
Herausgeber
John DickinsonVerlag
Alpha EditionSeitenzahl
210
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/1,3 cm
Gewicht
303 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-204-5
Before muskets spoke, pens did. In Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, John Dickinson turns private reflection into public argument, challenging a British taxation controversy that threatened to remake the British colonies 1760s. The stakes are brutally clear. Written as revolutionary era letters and published as a colonial political pamphlet, these pieces form a disciplined political essays collection on colonial rights and liberties: why Parliament may regulate trade yet cannot tax without consent; how Townshend Acts resistance could be principled rather than reckless; and why colonial Pennsylvania politics mattered to every port, town, and farm. Calm in tone and sharp in logic, Dickinson maps the moral boundary between lawful government and overreach, offering a rare complete primary source edition of founding era political writings at the moment the American crisis hardened into revolution. Read alongside an American Revolution documents collection, the essays illuminate the language that later shaped petitions, protests, and constitutional debate. Measured but unyielding, Dickinson speaks to the undecided, showing how liberty can be defended with reason, restraint, and a citizen's duty rather than rage in a widening imperial quarrel. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Ideal for a college American history course, for anyone curious about the politics that preceded independence, and for classic-library shelves, it stands as both a working reference and a quietly powerful book to own.
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