The Declaration of Independence: A Global HistoryHarvard University Press, 30. 6. 2009 - Počet stran: 300 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. This unique global perspective demonstrates the singular role of the United States document as a founding statement of our modern world. |
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... Ameri- can independence, Jefferson called the Declaration “an instru- ment, pregnant with our own and the fate of the world.” He regretted that illness would keep him from a reunion with “the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined ...
... Ameri- can independence, Jefferson called the Declaration “an instru- ment, pregnant with our own and the fate of the world.” He regretted that illness would keep him from a reunion with “the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined ...
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... Ameri- cans every Fourth of July then and since.3 The Declaration of Independence may have acquired special significance for Americans, but its power as a symbol was po- tentially global in extent, as Jefferson's prophecy in 1826 af ...
... Ameri- cans every Fourth of July then and since.3 The Declaration of Independence may have acquired special significance for Americans, but its power as a symbol was po- tentially global in extent, as Jefferson's prophecy in 1826 af ...
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... Ameri- cans alike to “rethink American history in a global age.”12 Putting American history into global perspective in this way can help to show that what we now call “globalization” is not a novel condition. As one historian has ...
... Ameri- cans alike to “rethink American history in a global age.”12 Putting American history into global perspective in this way can help to show that what we now call “globalization” is not a novel condition. As one historian has ...
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... Ameri- can mind.36 Jefferson was perhaps too modest in his assessment. The Declaration was innovative in two ways that would have far- reaching consequences. First, it introduced “the United States of America ” to the world ; second ...
... Ameri- can mind.36 Jefferson was perhaps too modest in his assessment. The Declaration was innovative in two ways that would have far- reaching consequences. First, it introduced “the United States of America ” to the world ; second ...
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2 The Declaration of Independence in the World | 63 |
3 A World of Declarations | 103 |
Conclusion | 139 |
Declarations of Independence 17761993 | 145 |
Thomas Jeffersons Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence | 157 |
In Congress July 4 1776 A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress Assembled | 165 |
Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand October 28 1835 | 209 |
The Unanimous Declaration of Independencemade by the Delegates of the People of Texas March 21836 | 211 |
A Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia July 16 1847 | 217 |
Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation October 18 1918 | 225 |
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam September 2 1945 | 231 |
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel May 14 1948 | 237 |
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence Southern Rhodesia November 11 1965 | 243 |
Notes | 249 |
Jeremy Bentham Short Review of theDeclaration 1776 | 173 |
Manifesto of the Province of Flanders extracts January 4 1790 | 187 |
The Haitian Declaration of Independence January 1 1804 | 193 |
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence July 5 1811 | 199 |
Acknowledgments | 287 |
Index | 291 |
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