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Title

The Declaration of Independence : a study in the history of political ideas / by Carl Becker.

Author

Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus), 1873-1945

Publication

New York : Vintage Books, 1958, c1942.

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Description

xix, 286 p.; 19 cm.

Subjects

1775-1783
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
United States Declaration of Independence
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

The Declaration of Independence -- Historical antecedents of the Declaration: the natural rights philosophy -- Historical antecedents of the Declaration: theory of the British empire -- Drafting the Declaration -- The literary qualities of the Declaration -- The philosophy of the Declaration.

ISBN

0394700600

OCLC

2234953

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library