The Declaration of Independence: A Global HistoryHarvard University Press, 15. 1. 2007 - Počet stran: 300 In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, David Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow. |
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... Declaration of Independence In Congress , July 4 , 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America , in General Congress Assembled I 25 63 103 139 145 157 165 [ Jeremy Bentham , ] Short Review of the Declaration ...
... America . Now , more than two centuries since 1776 , over half the countries of the world have their own dec- larations of independence . Many of these documents drew directly on the American Declaration Introduction 3.
... American example spread across the world . The American Declaration came to be seen as marking the beginning of a history separate from other national or imperial histories . Similarly , many other declarations of independence ...
... declarations of independence . Multiple declarations of independence have been collected for comparison on only two occasions . The first was in 1955 , in advance of a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington , D.C. ...
... American Declaration is at once typi- cal and unusual . It is typical in that many scholars since the nineteenth century have scrutinized its creation in the summer of 1776 and its dissemination thereafter . Their work has re- vealed a ...
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The World in the Declaration of Independence | 25 |
The Declaration of Independence in the World | 63 |
A World of Declarations | 101 |
Conclusion | 137 |
Declarations of Independence 17761993 | 143 |
Thomas Jeffersons Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence | 155 |
In Congress July 4 I776 A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress Assembled | 163 |
Jeremy Bentham Short Review of the Declaration 1776 | 171 |
Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand October 28 1835 | 207 |
The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas March 2 1836 | 209 |
of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia July 16 1847 | 215 |
Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation October 18 1918 | 223 |
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam September 2 1945 | 229 |
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel May 14 1948 | 235 |
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence Southern Rhodesia November 11 1965 | 241 |
Notes | 247 |
Manifesto of the Province of Flanders extracts January 4 1790 | 185 |
The Haitian Declaration of Independence January 1 1804 | 191 |
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence July 5 1811 | 197 |
Acknowledgments | 285 |
Index | 289 |