For the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents a landmark collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that di
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy," wrote John Adams, who devoted his considerable energy, tenacious intellect, and eloquent pen to his
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy," wrote John Adams, who devoted his considerable energy, tenacious intellect, and eloquent pen to his
Includes the complete texts of Common Sense; Rights of Man, Part the Second; The Age of Reason (part one); Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, published anonymously and just discovered to be Paine’s
Lance Banning was one of the most distinguished historians of his generation. His first book, The Jeffersonian Persuasion: Evolution of a Party Ideology, was a groundbreaking study of the ideas and pr
On a summer day in July, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the world changed forever. On July 4, thirteen English colonies on the continent of North America decided to declare themselves free and