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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... Mankind is unrolld at once ; and there is no state or Gradation of barba- rism , and no mode of refinement which we have not at the same instant under our View . " 16 Raynal strongly supported the revolt of the British colonies . Smith ...
... the entry of those states into what would now be called international so- ciety . Its authors addressed it to " the Opinions of Mankind " in diplomatic and legal language designed to render it acceptable to 16 Introduction.
... mankind the common sense of the subject , in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent , and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take . Neither aiming at originality of principle or senti- ment ...
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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 |