Title: Thomas Paine reader /
Authors: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Foot, Michael, 1913-; Kramnick, Isaac.; Foot, Michael, 1913-2010
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Political science
Abstract: Presents selections from Paine's political writings, including "Common Sense," "The Rights of Man," "The American Crisis," and "The Age of Reason."
Contents: The case of the officers of excise -- African slavery in America -- Reflections on the life and death of Lord Clive -- Liberty tree -- Common sense -- The American crisis -- Public good -- Six letters to Rhode Island -- Letter to the Abbé Raynal -- Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank, and paper money -- The rights of man -- Letter addressed to the addressers on the late proclamation -- An essay for the use of new republicans in their opposition to monarchy -- Reasons for preserving the life of Louis Capet -- The age of reason, part one -- Dissertation on first principles of government -- Agrarian justice -- Letter to George Washington -- To the citizens of the United States -- The construction of iron bridges -- Constitutional reform.