What did the Declaration declare?
By: readings selected and introduced by Joseph J. Ellis.
Contributors: Ellis, Joseph J.
Series: Historians at work
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110).
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The Declaration of Independence. Jefferson's draft with revisions; title: Pt. 2. The enduring influence of the Declaration; title: Pt. 3. (1) What was Jefferson's role in the drafting of the Declaration? Herald of freedom: 1776 / Dumas Malone. (2) Is the philosophy of the Declaration Lockean? The natural rights philosophy / Carl Becker. (3) Or was Jefferson more influenced by Scottish thinkers? Jefferson and the Scottish enlightenment / Garry Wills. (4) What was the cast of Jefferson's mind? The Spring of '76 / Joseph J. Ellis. (5) How much did the Continental Congress shape the Declaration? Mr. Jefferson and his editors / Pauline Maier.