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Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence

From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 432
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780618257768
  • Genres
  • history, politics, philosophy, american, presidents
  • Release date
  • 2002