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050	0	0	_aE 221 _b.D47 2003
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100	1		_aDershowitz, Alan M.
245	1	0	_aAmerica declares independence / _cAlan Dershowitz.
260			_aHoboken, N.J. : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, _cc2003.
300			_axi, 196 p. ; _c21 cm.
490	1		_aTurning points
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-189) and index.
505	0	0	_gAcknowledgments -- _gIntroduction -- _tWho is the God of the Declaration? -- _tWhat are "the laws of nature and nature's God"? -- _tHow can Jefferson's views of equality and slavery be reconciled? -- _gConclusion -- _gAppendix: _tthe Declaration of Independence -- _gNotes -- _gIndex.
520	1		_a"In America Declares Independence, one of the nation's most distinguished and celebrated attorneys tackles disturbing questions head on. Noting that portions of the Declaration are frequently "wrenched out of context by partisan pleaders to promote parochial causes," Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz explores the document's history, theology, and political theory in search of its true and enduring meaning. No stranger to controversy, Dershowitz also assails some of the Declaration's underlying assumptions and questions the conclusions that these assumptions produced." "Drawing on the personal letters and published writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and others, Dershowitz demonstrates that the men who wrote and revised the Declaration had no intention of establishing a Christian nation. He reveals that Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration, "rejected all the central tenets of orthodox Christianity" and closely resembled what today's Religious Right would call a "secular humanist."" "In his examinations of the contradictions inherent in the Declaration regarding equality and slavery, Dershowitz points out Jefferson's personal contradictions on the issue. His complex set of conflicting ideas and beliefs is seen as a microcosm of the conflicts over slavery that existed at the time and would eventually lead to the Civil War."--Jacket.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tDeclaration of Independence.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826 _xPolitical and social views.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tDeclaration of Independence _xCriticism, Textual.
830		0	_aTurning points (John Wiley & Sons)
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley046/2002152554.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley0310/2002152554.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley031/2002152554.html
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