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001 2011048007
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008 111130s2012 pau b s001 0 eng
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020 $a9780271053813 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aJK116$b.C752513 2012
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100 1 $aCondorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat,$cmarquis de,$d1743-1794.
240 10 $aWorks.$kSelections.$lEnglish.$f2012
245 10 $aCondorcet :$bwritings on the United States /$ctranslated, edited, and with an introduction by Guillaume Ansart.
246 30 $aWritings on the United States
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c2012.
300 $a147 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-144) and index.
520 $a"An English translation of the writings of French constitutional theorist Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-94) on the United States. Subjects include the American Revolution, federal Constitution, and the emerging political culture in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Condorcet and America -- Influence of the American Revolution on Europe -- Influence of the American Revolution on the opinions and legislation of Europe -- On the benefits of the American Revolution with respect to the preservation of peace in Europe -- Benefits of the American Revolution with respect to the perfectibility of the human race -- On the good that the American Revolution can do, through trade, to Europe and to France in particular -- Conclusion -- Supplement to Filippo Mazzei's researches on the United States -- Ideas on despotism: for the benefit of those who pronounce this word without understanding it -- Eulogy of Franklin: read at the public session of the Academy of Sciences, November 13, 1790.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1783$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xInfluence$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aAnsart, Guillaume,$d1960-