Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality

by Danielle S. Allen

Book Overview

Featured on the front page of the New York Times, Our Declaration is already regarded as a seminal work that reinterprets the promise of American democracy through our founding text. Combining a personal account of teaching the Declaration with a vivid evocation of the colonial world between 1774 and 1777, Allen, a political philosopher renowned for her work on justice and citizenship reveals our nation's founding text to be an animating force that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631490443
• ISBN13: 9781631490446
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"