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Lang Matl
Author Rosenfeld, Sophia A.

Title Common sense : a political history / Sophia Rosenfeld.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  JA83.R724 2011    Available
 CCQ - C Ring Library  JA83.R724 2011 c.2  Available
Description 337 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents The ghost of common sense: London, 1688-1739 -- Everyman's perception of the world: Aberdeen, 1758-1770 -- The radical uses of bon sens: Amsterdam, 1760-1775 -- Building a common sense republic: Philadelphia, 1776 -- Making war on revolutionary reason: Paris, 1790-1792 -- Konigsberg to New York: the fate of common sense in the modern world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Political science -- History -- 18th century.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Common sense.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1799.
Democracy -- United States.
ISBN 9780674057814 (alk. paper)
0674057813 (alk. paper)