{"product_id":"common-sense-revised","title":"Common Sense (Revised) (Spiral Bound)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style; in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple unassuming language.\" --Thomas Jefferson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas Paine\u003c\/b\u003e (1737-1802) was born at Thetford, Norfolk in England, as a son of a Quaker. He immigrated to America in 1774. There he published works criticising the slavery and supporting American independence. He became very popular but returned to England where he became involved in the French Revolution. After that he returned to America, where he died. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Government at Cornell University and has edited of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Thomas Paine Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommon Sense \n\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBackground to the American Revolution, 1776 \n\u003cbr\u003eFrom staymaker to revolutionary: The life and career of Tom Paine \n\u003cbr\u003eThe argument of \n\u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBourgeois radicalism - the ideology of Tom Paine \n\u003cbr\u003ePaine and the American bicentennial \n\u003cbr\u003eNotes to Editor's Introduction \n\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text \n\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \n\u003cbr\u003eOf the Origin and Design of Government in General \n\u003cbr\u003eOf Monarchy and Hereditary Succession \n\u003cbr\u003eThoughts on the present State of American Affairs \n\u003cbr\u003eOf the present Ability of America, with some misellaneous Reflexions \n\u003cbr\u003eAppendix \n\u003cbr\u003eTo the Representatives of the Religious Society of the People called Quakers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished anonomously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine's \"Common Sense\" became an immediate bestseller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46431185272963,"sku":"SPTM-9780140390162","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780140390162_spiral.png?v=1776829907","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/common-sense-revised","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}