Brando : a life in our times by Schickel, Richard

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The many legalities of early America

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Selections from the works of Thomas Paine, by Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

Table of Contents: “…. -- The American crisis. -- The age of reason.…”


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How old is old enough? : the ages of rights and responsibilities

Table of Contents: “…Historical perspective on age as a marker -- Ages of reason and accountability -- In the name of the law -- Property rights of children -- Consent, assent, and dissent: children in treatment and research -- Moral imperative: social and personal rights of children -- Special interest of legal responsibility: the child as a witness in court.…”


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The popular book; a history of America's literary taste. by Hart, James D. (James David), 1911-1990

Table of Contents: “…The practice of piety -- 2. The age of reason -- 3. Common sense -- 4. The power of sympathy -- 5. …”


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Thomas Paine : apostle of freedom by Fruchtman, Jack

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings -- Thetford and beyond -- "Poverty begets meanness" -- Liberty and the republic -- "Common sense will tell us" -- Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots -- Financial plagues and Silas Deane -- A hired pen -- Invention and finance -- France -- Burke's response: "The swinish multitude" -- The "inherent, indefeasible" Rights of man -- Social responsibility and illuminist spirituality -- "The most determined champion of republican principles" -- The Revolution declines -- The two-edged sword of liberty -- The age of reason -- "Some very ignorant and stupid pretenders" -- Justice, agrarian style -- Illuminism and Nicolas de Bonneville -- Home in America -- Bitter battles with Federalists -- Final days -- Assessment.…”


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Dissent : the history of an American idea by Young, Ralph, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Dissent and America -- The "free aire of a new world" -- Dissent in an age of reason -- Revolution -- Discord in the new republic -- Slavery and its discontents -- Reformers and dissidents -- Expansion and conflict -- Dissent imperils the union -- A nation divides -- Liberation and suppression -- Protest and conflict in the West -- Workers of the world unite! …”


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Religious issues in American history.

Table of Contents: “…. / William Newham Blane -- The age of reason / Thomas Paine -- Hearing the Word of God / Timothy Dwight -- Measures to promote revivals / Charles G. …”


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The Internet election : perspectives on the Web in campaign 2004

Table of Contents: “…Baker -- The blogging of the president / Kaye D. Trammell -- The age of reasons : motives for using different components of the Internet for political information / Barbara K. …”


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The development of academic freedom in the United States, by Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970

Table of Contents: “…The age of the college / Richard Hofstadter : The European heritage : Corporate power in the middle ages ; Personal freedom in the middle ages ; Faith, reason, and communication ; The new learning and the new science ; The idea of toleration -- Harvard college from Dunster to Leverett : The colony and the college ; The Dunster case ; The decline of the holy commonwealth ; The emergence of Harvard liberalism -- The colonial colleges : The American pattern: denominational sponsorship ; The American pattern: lay government ; The beginnings of lay government ; The archetypes of lay government ; Support and control -- Religion, reason, and revolution : Sectarianism and restraint ; Sectarianism at yale ; Unitarianism at Harvard ; The secularization of learning ; Politics and revolution -- The old-time college, 1800-1860 : The great retrogression ; The old college system ; Presbyterians and partisans ; Slavery and abolition ; The idea of academic freedom -- The age of the university / Walter P. …”


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Religion & constitutional government in the United States : a historical overview with sources by Semonche, John E., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Cotton's letter lately printed examined and answered, 1644 -- Maryland toleration act, 1649 -- John Locke, "a letter concerning toleration," 1689 -- Thomas Paine, the age of reason, 1794, 1796 -- Memorial to General Assembly of Virginia from the Presbytery of Hanover, October 24, 1776 -- Thomas Jefferson, notes on Virginia, 1781-82 -- James Madison, "a memorial and remonstrance on the religious rights of man," 1784 -- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia statue of religious liberty, 1786 -- Article VI, U. …”


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