The Declaration of Independence

A Global History

David Armitage

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
15 December 2008

History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism

In a stunningly original look at the American Declaration of Independence, David Armitage reveals the document in a new light: through the eyes of the rest of the world. Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow.

Armitage examines the Declaration as a political, legal, and intellectual document, and is the first to treat it entirely within a broad international framework. He shows how the Declaration arose within a global moment in the late eighteenth century similar to our own. He uses over one hundred declarations of independence written since 1776 to show the influence and role the U.S. Declaration has played in creating a world of states out of a world of empires. He discusses why the framers' language of natural rights did not resonate in Britain, how the document was interpreted in the rest of the world, whether the Declaration established a new nation or a collection of states, and where and how the Declaration has had an overt influence on independence movements--from Haiti to Vietnam, and from Venezuela to Rhodesia.

Included is the text of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and sample declarations from around the world. An eye-opening list of declarations of independence since 1776 is compiled here for the first time. This unique global perspective demonstrates the singular role of the United States document as a founding statement of our modern world.

By: David Armitage
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780674030329
ISBN 10: 067403032X
Publication Date: 15 December 2008
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The World in the Declaration of Independence 2. The Declaration of Independence in the World 3. A World of Declarations Conclusion Notes Acknowledgments Index

Reviews for The Declaration of Independence: A Global History

Concise and penetrating, The Declaration of Independence exemplifies the potential strengths of a truly transnational approach to the writing of history... By looking beyond the borders of the USA, Armitage alters our perspective on the meaning of the Declaration... [He] has shed new light on some of the most important questions about the foundations of the modern world by examining a document that is both time-bound and timeless. - Adam I. P. Smith, Times Literary Supplement More so than the Constitution... the Declaration has also become a global document, a piece of intellectual and political common property that has transcended the circumstances of its creation and perhaps even the intentions of its authors. Surprisingly, this afterlife has not received systematic and 'global' treatment by historians, and Armitage is to be congratulated. - Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal