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.
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