Isbn: 9780385089760 - inventing america: jefferson's declaration of independence (43 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. From acclaimed historian Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg, a celebrated re-appraisal of the meaning and the source of inspiration of The Declaration of Independence, based on a reading of Jefferson's original draft document. Inventing America upended decades of thinking about The Declaration of Independence when it was first published in 1978 and remains one of the most influential and important works of scholarship about this founding document. Wills challenged the idea that Jefferson took all his ideas from John Locke. Instead, by focussing on Jefferson's original drafts, he showed Jefferson's debt to Scottish Enlightenment philosophers such as Lord Kames and Francis Hutcheson, and even the metaphysics of Aristotle. Wills's close reading of the previously overlooked drafts of the Declaration have altered and deepened the meaning and consequences of the single most important document that contintues to define America.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Paperback (No jacket). Worn but complete with all pages and illustrations. Big crease along front cover. Scuff marks and age toning to cover. Crease to spine and a scuff mark chip to spine hinge. Creasing to back cover. Some staining and markings to textblock. Front free end paper top edge inscribed by previous ownership. Some margin notes and underlining to some pasages.…

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. Solid binding. The binding is no longer attached to the pages. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No dust jacket. No markings. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Trivial shelving wear. DJ is price-clipped. DJ is protected by a clear plastic cover. Overall in excellent condition. Later printing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Book and dust jacket has been moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Book Club Edition. High quality BOOK CLUB EDITION with only light shelving wear at corners. Dust jacket with heavy edge wear, surface staining, and toned underside. BCE after the Doubleday 1st ed. (stated) with gutter code HB8H.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. 1978 Very good considering age. Very minor shelf wear. Some small dots on top block. No other blemishes found.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. First Edition. This book has a few of writing but still in good condition in general, no lost page, no tear. NO DUST JACKET.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. xxvi, 398, [6] pages. Ex-library with some of the usual library markings. DJ has several small chips and tears. Includes Plan of the Book; Prologue; Sections on Revolutionary Charter; A Scientific Paper; A Moral Paper; A Sentimental Paper, and National Symbol, Epilogue; Paraphernalia; Key to Brief Citations; The Declarations of Jefferson and of the Congress; Index to Proper Names; and Index to Phrases. Inventing America received the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Non-Fiction and the Merle Curti Award. Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993. Wills has written over fifty books and, since 1973, has been a frequent reviewer for The New York Review of Books. He became a faculty member of the history department at Northwestern University in 1980, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor of History. The author argues that Americans have learned, over time, to see the Declaration of Independence rather than read it. This accounts fro a surprising lack of scholarly inquiry into the real meaning of he document and for the unfounded assumption that it simply restates pieties of eighteenth-century politics. Unlike other students of Jefferson, Wills thinks the deleted sections of the Declaration were crucial to understanding what was new and important in the document He finds the original draft at odds with Locke on point after point--the nature of rights, of the social contract, of property, of revolution. Derived from a Kirkus review: The eclectic, vastly inquisitive Gary Wills, an essayist on diverse contemporary topics and a classicist by training, here writes on the intellectual foundations of the Declaration of Independence--or, inextricably, the bases of its author's thinking. Impressive. Wills highlights Jefferson's adherence to the moral and political philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment, downplays the influence of Locke, and dismisses Montesquieu altogether. Also against the common perception, Wills stresses the continuity of the Declaration with earlier colonial petitions and English revolutionary thought. In one chapter--intended to demonstrate that Jefferson has been misread--Wills disputes Erik Erikson's interpretation of Jefferson's fears atop Virginia's Natural Bridge. Wills takes great pains to review primary materials. Particularly important is his view of Carl Becker's Declaration of Independence (1922), the standard work and the one which connects Locke and the French Enlightenment to Jefferson. Perhaps most significant, however, is that this work will be consulted by scholars for Wills' scrupulous attention to 18th-century language and careful tracing of ideas. First Edition [stated] but may be book club because no price on DJ. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.