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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... assume the bless- ings and security of self government . ” 1 Jefferson died on July 4 , 1826 , two weeks after sending this letter . He had written it in the tones of a prophetic utterance surveying past and future from the very brink ...
... assume near - universal significance in the centuries after 1776 as the 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 ...
... assumed by documents arising from comparable circumstances . 25 Genres are born . They break apart and recombine with elements of other genres . Sometimes they die . Like the ideas they contain , they are both movable and mutable , and ...
... assuming a separate and equal sta- tion " among the Powers of the Earth " and declared that " these United Colonies are , and of Right ought to be , FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES . " The Declaration's statements re- garding rights to ...
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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 |