The Declaration In Circulation: Origins, Translations, Afterlives
A reading path from the Declaration's origins and its rapid multilingual spread in 1776 to the constitutional fights that reinterpreted its promises.
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The Greatest Sentence Ever WrittenWalter IsaacsonIsaacson centers the Declaration's signature sentence and connects its rhetorical origins to modern political debates,...Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United StatesJon MeachamMeacham offers an accessible paired presentation of the Declaration and Constitution that helps readers compare...Shelf signal: Constitutional Theory
Independence: the Tangled Roots of the American RevolutionThomas P. SlaughterSlaughter traces the long roots of independence, providing background on the political currents that produced the...Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
The Second FoundingEric FonerFoner situates the Declaration within later constitutional change and struggles over equality, addressing how its...Shelf signal: Civil War Era
Constitution of the United States of America, With the Bill of Rights and All of the Amendments; the Declaration of Independence; and the ArticlesThomas JeffersonA primary-text edition of the Declaration and Constitution lets readers read the source documents referenced across the...Shelf signal: Constitutional Law