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American scripture : making the Declaration of Independence
- Title
- American scripture : making the Declaration of Independence / Pauline Maier.
- Author
- Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.
- Publication
- New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc. 1998.
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- Description
- xxi, 304 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Historian Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. She describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in other "declarations" of 1776. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. She also reveals what happened after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society--From publisher description.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-285) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Gathering at the shrine -- Independence: Congress ; Independence? ; Common sense ; A republic? ; Decision -- The "other" declarations of independence: In English ways ; Mobilizing the people ; Declaring independence ; Founding a republic -- Mr. Jefferson and his editors: The drafting committee ; Jefferson's draft : the charges against the King ; Jefferson's draft : a revolutionary manifesto ; Congress's declaration -- American scripture: Spreading the news ; An all-but-forgotten testament ; A partisan document ; Sacred text ; Equality and rights -- Epilogue: Reflecting at the memorials -- Appendix A: State and local declarations of independence, a log : April-July 1776 -- Appendix B: Local resolutions on independence : some examples -- Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence : the Jefferson draft with Congress's editorial changes.
- Call Number
- IGA 07-2066
- ISBN
- 0679779086 (pbk.)
- 9780679779087 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 97002769
- OCLC
- 39349540
- in900023354
- Author
- Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.
- Title
- American scripture : making the Declaration of Independence / Pauline Maier.
- Imprint
- New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc. 1998.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-285) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IGA 07-2066