The declaration of independence : a global history / David Armitage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armitage, David, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Declaration of Independence.

United States.

United States. Declaration of Independence--Influence.

Natural law.

Philosophy.

National liberation movements.

History.

United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

National liberation movements--History--Sources.

Natural law--Philosophy.

Natural law--History.

Political science--History--18th century.

Political science.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

vi, 300 pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Summary:

In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries.

Contents:

1 The World in the Declaration of Independence 25

2 The Declaration of Independence in the World 63

3 A World of Declarations 103

Declarations of Independence, 1776-1993 145

Thomas Jefferson's "Original Rough Draft" of the Declaration of Independence 157

In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled 165

[Jeremy Bentham,] Short Review of the Declaration (1776) 173

Manifesto of the Province of Flanders [extracts] (January 4, 1790) 187

The Haitian Declaration of Independence (January 1, 1804) 193

The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (July 5, 1811) 199

Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (October 28, 1835) 209

The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas (March 2, 1836) 211

A Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the People of the Commonwealth of Liberia (July 16, 1847) 217

Declaration of Independence of the Czechoslovak Nation (October 18, 1918) 225

Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (September 2, 1945) 231

Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948) 237

The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Southern Rhodesia); (November 11, 1965) 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-286) and index.

ISBN:

0674022823

9780674022829

OCLC:

71173909

Publisher Number:

9780674022829