{"product_id":"9781411431942","title":"Common Sense and Other Writings (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eCommon Sense and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eThomas Paine\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Though he did not emigrate from England to the American colonies until 1774, just a few months before the Revolutionary War began, \u003cb\u003eThomas Paine\u003c\/b\u003e had an enormous impact on that war and the new nation that emerged from it. \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, the instantly popular pamphlet he published in January 1776, argued that the goal of the struggle against the British should be not simply tax reform, as many were calling for, but complete independence. His rousing, radical voice was balanced by the equally independence-minded but more measured tones of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence later that year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn later works, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Rights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, and other selections included in this volume, Paine proved himself a visionary moralist centuries ahead of his time. He believed that every human has the natural right to life’s necessities and that government’s role should be to provide for those in dire need. An impassioned opponent of all forms of slavery, he understood that no one in poverty is truly free, a lesson still to be learned by many of our leaders today. \u003cb\u003eJoyce Appleby\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Emerita at the University of California, Los Angeles, has followed the trajectory of American nation-building in her books \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and a New Social Order: The Republican Vision of the 1790s\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Restless Past: History and the American Public\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138286895344,"sku":"9781411431942","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411431942_p0.jpg?v=1763723211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411431942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}