How is it that the US Constitution has managed to endure and adapt through more than two centuries of sweeping changes in American history? American Constitutional History presents a concise introduct
This concise, insightful study explores the sources and impact of one of the early republic's most influential minds.An Englishman by birth, an American by choice and necessity, Thomas Paine advocate
The leading Thomas Paine expert in the U.S. presents both a biography of the controversial Founding Father and an analysis of his works. Known as "the Voice of the Revolution, " Paine was a truly ori
Ben Franklin was at the heart of the Enlightenment. He drew to him some of the greatest minds of that time, people who remain among the most intriguing in history ? Americans, Englishmen, and Frenchme
This concise, thoughtful introduction to the work of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and Rights of Man, explores the impact of one of the most influential minds of the American and French Revol
This collection of letters, written by English poet Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), chronicles the degeneration of the French Revolution between 1790 and 1796, and her interactions with central pers
A trio of important works from the "English Voltaire" and advocate of democracy includes Common Sense, in which he declared independence from Britain, and The Crisis, in which he experienced first han
