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020 a| 9780813953977;

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100 1 a| Sarson, Steven.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKbQGbvtWTHP4XfB7VFqP=| ^A601670;

245 14 a| The course of human events :b| the declaration of independence and the historical origins of the United States /c| Steven Sarson.;

264 1 a| Charlottesville :b| University of Virginia Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xi, 270 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Revolutionary age;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-260) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: the facts and principles advanced in that declaration -- The past: to secure these rights. The laws of nature and of nature's god ; Our emigration and settlement here -- The past and the present: the history of the present king of Great Britain. Unfit to be the ruler of a free people ; A history of repeated injuries and usurpations -- The past, the present, and the future: to institute new government. The right of the people ; The rest of mankind.;

520 a| "Thomas Jefferson chose his words carefully. Few could have been more deliberate than "When in the Course of human events," the phrase with which he opened the Declaration of Independence. As Steven Sarson shows, the original Declaration moved through the ages of human history from Creation to American independence, assessing it according to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." The Declaration's history and historical consciousness therefore help answer one of American history's great questions: How did the founders reconcile their lofty views on equality and liberty with the inequities and iniquities that they maintained in their time? The contingencies of history and the complexities of natural law, Sarson demonstrates, meant that the Declaration's eloquent promises of equality and liberty only applied partially to women and poor men, and not at all to Loyalists, Indigenous Americans, and enslaved people. The Declaration's assertion that "all men are created equal" has since become a promise of universal equality and liberty. Two and a half centuries later, it is important to understand its original context in order to continue the mission of making its promises a lived reality for all."--c| Back cover.;

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The course of human events : the declaration of independence and the historical origins of the United States / Steven Sarson.

Author/creator	Sarson, Steven
Format	Book
Publication	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025.
Description	xi, 270 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	United States. Declaration of Independence.

Series	Revolutionary age Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.) ^A1458109
Contents	Introduction: the facts and principles advanced in that declaration -- The past: to secure these rights. The laws of nature and of nature's god ; Our emigration and settlement here -- The past and the present: the history of the present king of Great Britain. Unfit to be the ruler of a free people ; A history of repeated injuries and usurpations -- The past, the present, and the future: to institute new government. The right of the people ; The rest of mankind.
Abstract	"Thomas Jefferson chose his words carefully. Few could have been more deliberate than "When in the Course of human events," the phrase with which he opened the Declaration of Independence. As Steven Sarson shows, the original Declaration moved through the ages of human history from Creation to American independence, assessing it according to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." The Declaration's history and historical consciousness therefore help answer one of American history's great questions: How did the founders reconcile their lofty views on equality and liberty with the inequities and iniquities that they maintained in their time? The contingencies of history and the complexities of natural law, Sarson demonstrates, meant that the Declaration's eloquent promises of equality and liberty only applied partially to women and poor men, and not at all to Loyalists, Indigenous Americans, and enslaved people. The Declaration's assertion that "all men are created equal" has since become a promise of universal equality and liberty. Two and a half centuries later, it is important to understand its original context in order to continue the mission of making its promises a lived reality for all."-- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-260) and index.
ISBN	9780813953977
ISBN	9780813953960 hardback
ISBN	0813953960 hardback
ISBN	0813953979 paperback

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