TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Danielle S.
TI  - Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality 
SN  - 9780871406903
AV  - E221 .A475 2014
U1  - 973.3/13 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - United States
KW  - Declaration of Independence
KW  - Criticism, Textual
KW  - Equality
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index; Part I. Origins -- Night teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving democracy -- Animating the Declaration -- Part II. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? -- The writer -- The politicos -- The Committee -- The editors -- The people -- Part III. The art of democratic writing -- On memos -- On moral sense -- On doing things with words -- On words and power -- Part IV. Reading the course of events -- When in the course of human events... -- Just another word for river -- One people -- We are your equals -- An echo -- Part V. Facing necessity -- ...it becomes necessary... -- The laws of nature -- And nature's god -- Kinds of necessity -- Part VI. Matters of principle -- We hold these truths... -- Sound bites -- Sticks and stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic tricks -- The creator -- Creation -- Beautiful optimism -- Part VII. Matters of fact -- Prudence... -- Dreary pessimism -- Life's turning points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life histories -- Plagues -- Portrait of a tyrant -- The thirteenth way of looking at a tyrant -- The use and abuse of history -- Dashboards -- On potlucks -- If actions speak louder than words... -- Responsiveness -- Part VIII. Drawing conclusions -- We must, therefore, acquiesce... -- Friends, enemies, and blood relations -- On oath -- Real equality -- What's in a name?
ER  -