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The Declaration of Independence:

A Study in the History of Political Ideas
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Harcourt, Brace, 1922 - Natural law - 286 pages

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A good companion to Bernard Bailyn's Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Read full review

Review: The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas

User Review  - Steven Peterson - Goodreads

This is a work that is looked at as a major analysis of the Declaration of Independence from early in the 20th century. First published in 1922, Carl Becker's book has been recognized as a valuable ... Read full review

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Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
3
HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF THE DECLARA
24
THEORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
80
DRAFTING THE DECLARATION
135
THE LITERARY QUALITIES OF THE DECLARA
194
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE DECLARATION
224
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Carl Becker, The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas. New York: Vintage Books, 1922; 1942. "Drafting the Declaration ...
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(1) unlike Carl Becker, whose classic study "The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas" focused on the ideas underlying the ...
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In The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas (1922), Becker examined the central ideas of the Declaration, particularly the ...
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H-Net Review: rb Bernstein <rbernstein@nyls.edu> on What Did the ...
... Brown, 1948); from Carl L. Becker's The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas (1922; New York: Vintage, 1958); ...
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Historical Documents and Speeches - Declaration of Independence ...
The Declaration of independence, a study in the history of political ideas, New York, Harcourt, Brace [c1922] 286 p. 21 cm. Friedenwald, Herbert, 1870-1944. ...
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National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Suggested Reading)
BECKER, CARL L. The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas. New York: rev. ed., Harcourt, Brace, 1942. ...
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An Expression of the American Mind
... nor Carl Becker's classic book ''The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas'' (1922) can claim this distinction. ...
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922. Reprint, New York: Vintage Books, 1970. ...
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Since the publication more than seventy-five years ago of Carl Becker's The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas ...
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