Title: Representative selections, with introd., bibliography, and notes, by Harry Hayden Clark
Description: This volumes contains the major writings of Thomas Paine, as well as a biographical chronology of Paine's life. The comprehensive introductory chapter by editor Harry Hayden Clark is a valuable synthesis of Paine's principles and the origins of his thinking. Clark's introduction could stand on its own as a sympathetic evaluation of Paine's contributions to moral philosophy, political theory, and political economy.
Subjects: political economy, agrarian justice, privilege, Physiocratie, moral principles
People: John Locke, Condorcet, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Jackson Turner
Time periods: late eighteenth century, 1776