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Explore 24 books like Common Sense by Thomas Paine — a handpicked selection united by Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Democracy, Political Ideologies, and Political.

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Common Sense and The American Crisis I

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

The Federalist Papers

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

Taming Democracy “the People,” the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

Revolutionaries A New History of the Invention of America

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

The Progressive Revolution History of Liberal Fascism Through the Ages, Vol. V: 2014-2015 Writings

Ellis Washington

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

American Liberty and Natural Law

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Political Ideologies • Political

John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy

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Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Political Ideologies • Political

The Progressive Revolution History of Liberal Fascism Through the Ages, Vol. III: 2010-11 Writings

Ellis Washington

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

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First Principles What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

Thomas E. Ricks

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Political Ideologies • Political

#11

American Character A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good

Colin Woodard

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

#12

The Modern Prince What Machiavelli Can Teach Us in the Age of Trump

Carnes Lord

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

#13

An Emancipation of the Mind Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

Matthew Stewart

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

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Democracy’s Discontent A New Edition for Our Perilous Times

Michael J. Sandel

Themes: Democracy • Political Ideologies • Political

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Extracts From The Diary Of Christopher Marshall Kept In Philadelphia And Lancaster, During The American Revolution, 1774-1781 (1877)

Christopher Marshall

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#16

Life Of General Thomas Pinckney (1895)

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#17

We the Elites Why the US Constitution Serves the Few

Robert Ovetz

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#18

Many Heads and Many Hands James Madison’s Search for a More Perfect Union

Mau VanDuren

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#19

The Bill of Rights A User’s Guide

Linda R Monk

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#20

The American Revolution A History

Gordon S. Wood

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

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The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings

Founding Fathers

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#22

The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

Delegates of The Constitutional Convention

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

#23

Give Me Liberty Virginia & the Forging of a Nation

Antonio T. Bly

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

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The Unknown American Revolution The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America

Gary B. Nash

Themes: Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) • Democracy • Political Ideologies

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